This paper analyzes a case of grammaticalization of sentence-final particles (SFPs) that
developed from clausal connectives. These newly emerging SFPs carry a wide range of …

This paper aims to investigate the holistic semantic structure of 20 high frequency English
prepositions from a grammaticalization perspective. Based on the lexicographic sense …

In Korean the speaker-addressee relationship is reflected in mandatory sentence-final
verbal morphology. It indicates, among other things, the speaker's attitudinal, emotional …

This paper discusses the emergence of some of the discourse markers of agreement
(DMAs) in Korean. This paper shows the processes that DMAs have historically undergone …

The goal of the paper is to identify the developmental pathways of iltan shaped by language
contact with China. The study explores how the Sino-Korean term iltan evolved from a …

1Sangmyung University/2Hankuk University of Foreign Studies is paper analyzes the
patterns of pejoration-marking in Korean. e speaker's pejorative attitude is realized as …

Korean has a group of DMs that developed from sentential fragments through ellipsis
(EDMs), ie, those that were morpho-syntactically incapable of standing alone. They carry …

This paper analyzes a case of grammaticalization of a sentence-final particle (sfp)-tanun that
developed from an adnominal complementizer (comp) structure ta hA-non in Middle Korean …

Korean has a large number of polyfunctional particles and connectives. One peculiar form is-
na, whose function, among others, is to mark the speaker's tepid attitude about the proposal …

While it is quite common for clause connectives to develop into sentence/utterance-final
particles in Japanese and Korean, very little is known about the enabling factor for the …