‘-는 법이다’와 ‘-기 마련이다’의 양태 정도성

• Published in: 어학연구 Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 97 - 121
• Main Author: 다카치 토모나리(Takachi Tomonari)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 서울대학교 언어교육원 01.04.2018; 언어교육원
• Subjects: 언어학; epistemic; modality; modal meaning; nun pep-i-ta; grammatical collocation; ki malyen-i-ta; degrees of modality; usuality
• ISSN: 0254-4474; 2586-7113
• DOI: 10.30961/lr.2018.54.1.97

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the grammatical collocations -nun pep-i-ta and -ki malyen-i-ta in terms of modal meaning. Chapter 2 considers the grammatical and lexical components of -nun pep-i-ta and -ki malyen-i-ta, and Chapter 3 investigates similarities and differences between the two collocations. Both phrases mean “universal truth” or “general facts in common.” However, in terms of co-occurrences with the grammatical forms -(e)ya ha-ta, -keyss-, and other forms that have epistemic modal meanings, -nun pep-i-ta and -ki malyen-i-ta take on a different color. These differences have been ascribed to the distinctiveness between the modal meanings of -nun and -ki. The form -nun is associated with a realis feature, whereas -ki expresses an irrealis one. In Chapter 4, we investigate degrees of modality for both -nun pep-i-ta and -ki malyen-i-ta. After considering -nun pep-i-ta and -ki malyen-i-ta in terms of semantics and syntax, and adopting a proto- type approach regarding their degrees of modality, we have come to the conclusion that they express epistemic modal and usuality. However, they are not real-modals but pseudo-modals. KCI Citation Count: 2