Successive-Increase Reading of Tasi ‘Again’ in Korean

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Juwon Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제35권 제4호, 513~532쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.11.30

국문 초록

This paper investigates the Korean adverb tasi ‘again’, re-examining previous accounts of its multiple readings. Earlier studies have identified several readings of tasi ‘again’, including the repetitive, restitutive, pseudo-repetitive, purpose-repetitive, and sequential interpretations. I propose an additional successive-increase reading, not previously recognized in the literature. Based on a critical reassessment of prior analyses, I argue that this reading presupposes a prior increase along a lexical, phrasal, or contextual scale and asserts a further increase on the same scale. This account explains why superficially similar sentences are degraded when no coherent scale is available. The findings provide theoretical support for the lexical approach to repetitive adverbs since structural attachment alone cannot derive the successive-increase reading. More broadly, the proposal highlights the importance of gradability and discourse-based scales in shaping the semantics of the repetitive adverb tasi ‘again’.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Two Approaches

3. Multiple Readings of Tasi ‘Again’

4. Successive-Increase Reading

5. Conclusion

References

키워드

repetitive adverb tasi ‘again’ scale lexical/structural approach discourse