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Research Article

30 November 2024. pp. 321-334
Abstract
The current study aims to identify the core semantic properties of Korean scalar focus particle ­mace. In the literature, the particle has been analyzed in terms of the extremity of its focus value, its potential to signal unexpectedness of the situation depicted by the sentence that contains it, and the kind of speaker attitude it reflects. The following discussions demonstrate that the particle is not necessarily responsible for these properties. Instead, the study finds that ­mace is responsible for evoking a consequentiality scale where the prejacent is ranked higher than its propositional alternative(s). In this approach, the central role of ­mace is to indicate that the associated proposition is considered more serious and impactful in contrast to another prominent proposition salient in the context.
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Information
  • Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
  • Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
  • Volume : 40
  • No :3
  • Pages :321-334