The Grammatical Category of mullon and Constructions with It

 

The Grammatical Category of mullon and Constructions with It

 

 

Bae Juchae

 

 

「‘물론’의 품사와 구문」 『국어학』42, 국어학회, 2003. 12. 30. (pp.53-81)

Journal of Korean Linguistics 42, December 2003, The Society of Korean Linguistics.

 

 

    The sino-Korean word mullon (勿論) belongs to the basic vocabulary of Korean.  Its grammatical category is not noun but adverb, which is the minor view among Korean dictionaries.  The constructions with mullon are of three types.  The first type consists of sentential adverb mullon followed by a sentence.  The second is ‘NP/S+postposition+ mullon+(copula)’, in which there are some constraints on S, postposition and copula.  Copula-ellipsis may occur in this construction, when copula is in a connective form.  The third is ‘mullon+(copula)’.  one of its subtype, mullon, representing a sentence by itself possibly stems from the first type.