This paper starts from the examination of categorial status of cis in Korean and argues that cis is not a free noun, but a bound noun. Cis shows typical behaviors as a bound noun: it cannot stand alone in a sentence, but requires the aid of other lexical items such as possessors, adjuncts, and complements. Further, adopting the movement analysis from a lexical N position to a functional small n position given in Kim (2011, 2016) for a bound noun kes in Korean, I show that the same analysis can be applied to the bound noun cis. The movement is motivated by the metaphorical/abstract meaning of cis, since the small n is more related to a functional meaning rather than a lexical meaning. In terms of grammaticalization, I argue that both kes and cis are closer to functional items and they are in the stage between a fully lexical item and a more functional item.
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. A starting point: category, a free noun or a bound noun?
3. Grammaticalization and movement
4. More Grammaticalization?
5. Back to the light verb
6. What about cil?
7. Conclusion
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