Apport, support et sujet en coréen - article ; n°1 ; vol.23, pg 119-127

Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale - Année 1994 - Volume 23 - Numéro 1 - Pages 119-127
The author discusses the nature of subject in Korean. Regarding subject, there are three kinds of sentences in this language: 1) sentences with an apparent subject such as tayhanminkwuk-un wuli nala-i-ta 'South Korea is our country', 2) sentences with a 'hidden1 subject, that is, there is no apparent subject in the sentence but, attached to a word in this sentence, we find a suffix which hints to the existence of a subject. For instance: eti-tul ka-pni-кка 'where do you go ?' with -tul a suffix of plural hinting that several people are the subject of the verb ka-ta 'to go', and 3) sentences such as yel-eyse twul-ul ppay-myen yetelp-i-ta 'two from ten makes eight'. The problem of subject in relation with topic and focus is also briefly discussed.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.