한국어 중첩의 접사성과 의미

The Affixhood of Reduplication in Korean and its Meaning

This paper aims to examine the meanings of repeated words by reduplication in Korean and to demonstrate the nature of derivation of reduplication based on these meanings. The meaning of complex word formed through reduplication is concentric based on the base, adding additional meaning which is similar to additional meaning of derivation process to the base. In this sense, the reduplication process is similar to the derivation process. In this context, this paper examined how differently the meanings of reduplication appear depending on the semantic attributes (nominal (noun, pronoun) and predicative (static, active)) of the base in detail. In so doing, it discussed that, of words which seem to be formed by reduplication, there are some that should be seen as being formed through compounding process not a reduplication corresponding to derivation.