FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TENSE AND MOOD VERB FORMS IN KOREAN
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This article investigates the functional roles of tense and mood verb forms in Korean, moving beyond purely structural descriptions to explore how these grammatical features contribute to meaning-making in discourse. The analysis focuses on how tense morphology interacts with aspect and evidentiality to convey temporal relations and the speaker's perspective on events. It also examines the various mood markers, exploring their functions in expressing speaker attitudes, deontic and epistemic modality, and illocutionary force. Special attention is given to the interplay between tense and mood, revealing how their combined functions contribute to the overall interpretation of utterances in context. By adopting a functional perspective, this paper aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how Korean verb morphology shapes meaning and facilitates effective communication. The study draws on authentic language data to support its claims, highlighting the importance of considering context and discourse in analyzing grammatical phenomena.
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