{만큼}의 문법적 특성에 대하여

A Study on the grammatical property {mankum}

In this article, I investigated the property of {mankum} using bound noun, auxiliary particle and connective ending of [ REASON} and also investigated the grammaticlization process of {mankum} First, the 1’st type of the construction like [ [ VP ] 은/는/을 # 만큼 ] is defined as bound noun, having the meaning “the limit of” information. Second, the construction [ [ VP ]은/는/던 # 만큼 ] is processing grammarticalization through some grammatical mechanism “metaphor, analogy and reanalysis” In the process, the showing of the structure [ [VP]는/은/던 # 이]만큼 ] is changed to [[[VP]느니/으니/더니만큼] by the mechanism of fusion. Third, in the constructure {N + mankum} the morpheme {mankum} can be defined as auxiliary particle. Lastly, these unidirectionary principle of grammarticalization is also discovered in various examples, which may also be found in the diachronic processes.