복합 종결어미 ‘-기는(요)’의 의미와 담화 기능

This study is intended to explain the grammatical feature of the complex final ending '-kineun(yo)' and to reveal its meaning and function. For this purpose, the grammatical feature when '-kineun(yo)' was used as the final ending of the complex form was investigated and the meaning and function of '-kineun(yo)' dealt with as the grammatical item in the Korean textbook and dictionary were examined. In addition, the examples of '-kineun/-kin', '-kineunyo/-kinyo' appeared in the were analyzed by means of the corpus-based approach. Consequentially, first, the sentences grammatically containing '-kineun(yo)' could be seen in the category of fragmentary sentence, which derived from the interrogative sentences containing the irony. Secondly, the meaning of the '-kineun(yo)' was negative and it was used for denying and rebutting the other party's remarks, for protecting the face of speakers and listeners, and was used for representing the naturalness as a meaning of emphasis and for scolding/blaming/complaining. This study is significant in investigating various aspects of '-kineun(yo)' from the discourse dimension through the grammatical review of the complex final ending '-kineun(yo)' and the corpus data.