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The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
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Korea Journal of English Language and Linguistics - Vol. 24, No. 0, pp.194-210
ISSN: 1598-1398 (Print) 2586-7474 (Online)
Print publication date 31 Jan 2024
Received 27 Dec 2023 Revised 05 Mar 2024 Accepted 12 Mar 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15738/kjell.24..202403.194

Wh-so-ever 무조건문의 화용적 강조: 초점과 양보 효과

강아름
충남대학교
Strengthening effect of wh-so-ever unconditional: Interaction between focus and concessiveness
Arum Kang
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, Chungnam National University, Tel: 42-821-6393 arkang@cnu.ac.kr


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Abstract

This paper investigates the semantico-pragmatic role of infix so combining with wh-ever unconditional. Specifically, we focus on the strengthening effect and concessive meaning induced by so in wh-ever unconditional. Based on Rawlins (2013) and Hong (2010), we analyze the dual role of so as a focus marker and a pragmatic illocutionary operator. As a focus marker, so generates an expanded set of alternative propositions in possible worlds. As an illocutionary operator, so establishes an ordered pragmatic scale having universal quantification. Consequently, this results in a heightened concessive effect and an intensified emphatic meaning. The contribution of current work lies in clarifying the meaning of infix so, which has not been previously explored in terms of the pragmatic aspect.

Keywords:

infix so, wh-ever unconditional, focus marker, emphatic effect, concessive meaning, pragmatic illocutionary operator

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