4 Types of Korean Purposive Clauses

Abstract

This article aims to classify Korean purposive clauses and to investigate the characteristics of each type. Purposive refers to a group of adverbial clauses which share the same semantic properties concerning their matrix sentences. By this definition Korean purposive clauses are syntactically adjunct clauses including ‘-euryeo, -euryeogo, -koja, -jago, -eureo, -ge, -gekkeum, -torok, -eurago’. These are classified into 4 groups according to volitive exhibiting subject agreement constraint in the adjunct clause and in the matrix sentence, and performative matrix constraint. The 4 types of Korean purposive clasues are; ⅰ) ‘-euryeo, -euryeogo, -koja, -jago’, ⅱ) ‘-eureo’, ⅲ) ‘-ge, -gekkeum, -torok’, ⅳ) ‘-eurago’.