반복 구문 `V-느라고/노라고 V` 에 대한 고찰

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the repetition construction `V-neurago/norago V`, which is formed by the connective ending `-neurago/norago` with the same verb stem in both its antecedent and the following clause. The analysis of this construction is focused on its constructional, syntactic and semantic features. The constructional features are as follows. In this construction, there is a constraint that repeated predicates cannot be replaced by other elements such as substitutes. In addition, this construction functions as a syntactic island that cannot be separated internally because the conjunctive function is invalid. The scope of the repetition of the predicate is not the repetition of a clause-unit but a phrase-unit. As for syntactic features, first, I discussed that it can be combined with tense-aspect markers. Second, there is a constraint that this construction can not be used in such sentence types as imperative or propositive sentences. Third, it is difficult for the predicate of the construction to take a negative form. Fourth, only transitive verbs are used as predicates in this construction. Fifth, the subject with [+person] should be used without the subject person constraint. The construction indicates that the speaker has tried to do the typicality of events. This meaning does not imply the state of the result, but it shows the direction of a specific state. Finally, the following clause of the construction not only expresses the speaker`s negative statements but also the non-assertive attitude.