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The conventional approach to Korean -cocha assumes that it triggers an existential presupposition. It maintains that the prejacent is placed lower on the pragmatic scale of likelihood than the presupposed alternative proposition salient in the context. The current study finds that the alternative proposition is not reliably available in the contexts where the particle is used, especially those where it is contained in a negative statement denying a precondition of a contextually salient event. In order to handle these cases and other uses of the particle in a consistent manner, the paper proposes that the particle be treated as an argumentative operator marking the prejacent as a strong argument for a conclusion salient in the context.
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- Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
- Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
- Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
- Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
- Volume : 39
- No :2
- Pages :191-206
- DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.39.2.202308.191
The Journal of Studies in Language
