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ROA 847-0706

Underlying Bases for Reduplicated and Sound Symbolic Words in Korean: The so-called emphatic suffixation revisited

Hyung-Soo Kim <csjennykim at hanmail.net>

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Abstract:
This paper reanalyzes the so-called emphatic suffixation
in Korean, with a focus on the base and suffixal forms used
in previous analyses. Jun (1994) analyzes these cases under
his rule of Metrical Weight Consistency, but there is no
independent evidence for the redundant base-final /l/ in
his underlying structure of talkulak < *talkul-lak 'rattling'.
In this paper, a new morphological analysis is provided
by investigating 1) the stem-suffix correlations stipulated
by Jun and 2) the patterns of affixation and alternation
in ideophones such as talkak, talkulak, and talkatak. It
is argued that these three near-synonymous ideophones share
the same underlying stem *talku- and the surface variants
are a combined result of affixation and three independent
phonological rules: /u/-truncation (talkak<*talku-ak), /t/-to-/l/
lenition (talkulak<*talku-tak) and dissimilation of KCVK#
--> CVK# (talkatak<*talkak-tak). Some comments on recent
Optimality-Theoretic analyses and their weaknesses are made
as well as a remark on the ramifications of the analysis.

Comments: To be published in the Korean Journal of Linguistics 31.2
Keywords: abstract underlying representation, partial reduplication, emphatic suffixation, sound symbolism, Korean phonology and morphology
Areas: Phonology,Morphology,Historical Linguistics
Type: Journal Article

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