An overview of Korean case marker alterations : focusing on the eul/reul 을/를 - i/ga 이/가 alteration

Žbogar, Maša (author)

In this research, we examine the manifestation of the accusative case marker eul/reul 을/를 alteration, where it is replaced by the nominative case marker i/ga 이/가, specifically in -go sipda -고 싶다 construction and in clauses with a transitive predicate (NP i/ga 이/가 NP eul/reul 을/를 VP). The results show that the object or theme must have a definitive reference, and the verb immediately preceding -go sipda construction should not form part of a complex predicate within the inner clause. In case of the NP i/ga 이/가 NP eul/reul 을/를 VP structure, the verb should convey a static meaning. The case marker i/ga attached to NP2, does not indicate the subject. Instead, it functions as type of auxiliary marker with characteristics similar to those of determiners.

• Language: English
• Keywords: case marker alteration, eul/reul – i/ga alteration, -go sipda construction, case marker functions, determiner
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 31-46
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-190464
• UDC: 811.531
• ISSN on article: 2232-3317
• DOI: 10.4312/ala.15.1.31-46
• COBISS.SI-ID: 228973571
• Publication date in RUL: 02.11.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta linguistica asiatica
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-3317
• COBISS.SI-ID: 255902464

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Pregled sprememb rabe korejskih členkov : spremembe pri členkih eul/reul 을/를 in i/ga 이/가

Abstract

Članek preučuje primere konstrukcije -go sipda -고 싶다 in stavkov s prehodnim povedkom (NP i/ga 이/가 NP eul/reul 을/를 VP), v katerih se namesto tožilniškega členka eul/reul 을/를 uporablja imenovalniški členek i/ga 이/가. Rezultati kažejo, da mora predmet ali tema stavka vsebovati določeno referenco, hkrati pa glagol neposredno pred obliko -go sipda ne sme biti del kompleksnega povedka notranjega stavka. V primeru stavkov s prehodnim povedkom NP i/ga 이/가 NP eul/reul 을/를 VP mora glagol vsebovati statični pomen. Sklonski členek i/ga, pritrjen na NP2, ne označuje predmeta. Namesto tega deluje kot vrsta besedilnega členka s podobnimi značilnostmi, kot jih imajo členi.

• Keywords: korejščina, sprememba rabe sklonskih členkov, sprememba rabe eul/reul –i/ga, struktura -go sipda, funkcije sklonskih členkov, členi, stavki s prehodnim povedkom