Usage and grammatical functions of Korean nominal ending ‘-(으)ㅁ’ in computer-mediated communication

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Jin Hyun-Je, Kim Eun-Ho, 2021. Usage and grammatical functions of Korean nominal ending ‘-(으)ㅁ’ in computer-mediated communication. Korean Semantics, 72. The purpose of this study is to understand how nominal ending ‘-(으)ㅁ’ ends sentences and examine its grammatical function in computer-mediated communication. The use of ‘-(으)ㅁ’ as a way of terminate sentences continues to expand in computer-mediated communication. Focusing on this point, through a questionnaire survey, this study investigated the use of the nominal ending ‘-(으)ㅁ’ in various contexts and identified the cause of the use of the expression. As a result of the survey, it was found that the frequency and range of use of the noun-type termination is gradually expanding. As the reasons for use, economicality, equality, and speech planet were suggested. In addition, based on the survey results, this study analyzed the use of nominal ending ‘-(으)ㅁ’ within various grammar categories such as tense, aspects, and mood. As a result, the ‘-(으)ㅁ’ ending can express both the tense and the aspect without the accompanying pre-final ending combining it with auxiliary verbs. Also, ‘-(으)ㅁ’ can be used to express declarative and interroagative, and ‘-셈’ can be used to express propositive and imperative. This study is meaningful in that it examined the perceptions of users about the ending of ‘-(으)ㅁ’ including the change of perception over the past 4 years, and discussed the grammatical characteristics in a more detailed level.

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