Publications
Publication details [#60083]
Kim, Ahrim. 2015. Utterance-final -ketun in spoken Korean: A particle for managing information structure in discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 88 : 27–54. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study on the functions of the utterance-final particle -ketun in Modern Spoken Korean, specifically asserts that it presents a pragmatic allegation which, in the speaker's view, should be (or have been) a pragmatic presupposition. Its essential information-management function can be expanded to underline or control discrepancies between speaker and hearer knowledge states, as part of either politeness or impoliteness strategies.