This paper mainly aims at investigating the meaning and function of the consistent form characters “上(sang)” in Korean, in Chinese and in Japanese comparatively. The same form characters ”上(sang)” in Korean, Chinese and Japanese, have both similarities and differences on the levels of meaning and function. From the perspective of comparative linguistics, to study the same form of characters in different languages is not only helpful to better understand the characters in the three languages, but also has significance to probing the universal principles and individual differences of languages. From the comparison in world-formation and the syntax of “上(sang)” in above three languages ,this paper explored the grammatical functions of “上(sang)” when it is a simple world , a part of compounds and a part of sentences. By analyzing, it is not difficult to find out that “上(sang)” , in Korean, can be served as roots, prefixes and also suffixes as well, while it is only served as roots and suffixes in Chinese and Japanese. The characters “上(sang)” in Korean, not only has the function of word-building , but also can be post placed in sentences. What’s more, by comparison of the characters”上sang)” between Japanese and Chinese , makes it much easier to better understand the grammatical features of the characters “上(sang)” in Korean.
1. 서론
2. 한중일 ‘上’의 형태론적 기능
3. ‘上’의 통사론적 기능
4. 결론
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