Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to consider the meaning and usage of the auxiliary verb construction ‘-어 버리(eo beori)-’. The meaning of ‘-어 버리(eo beori)-’ has been discussed in point of view, both aspect and emotive attitude. However, it is difficult to see these in the meaning of ‘-어 버리(eo beori)-’. Thus, from the perspective that the usage of grams could be divided into the meaning level and the pragmatic level, this paper argues that the meaning of ‘-어 버리(eo beori)-’ could be divided into meaning and pragmatical meaning. From this point of view, It is argued that the meaning of ‘-어 버리(eo beori)-’ is ‘a change in essence’ which means a change in state or situation. And the things that have been mentioned as emotional attitudes correspond to lexicalized implications.
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