Preface
Contents
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Research Methods
1.3 Language Typology and Language Samples
1.3.1 Korean
1.3.2 Japanese
1.3.3 English
1.3.4 Spanish
1.3.5 Chinese (Mandarin
1.3.6 Thai
1.4 Grammaticalization
1.5 Scope of Research
2. Preliminaries: Space and Adposition
2.1 Space in Language
2.2 Adposition
2.2.1 Adposition as a Grammatical Category
2.2.2 Terminological Issues
2.2.3 Grammatical Functions of Adpositions
3. Grammaticalization of Postpositions in Korean
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Postpositions in Korean
3.3 Spatial Postpositions
3.3.1 Characteristics of Spatial Postpositions
3.3.2 Frequencies of Spatial Postpositions
3.3.3 Grammaticalization Sources
3.3.3.1 Nominal Sources
3.3.3.2 Verbal Sources
3.3.3.3 Deictic Sources
3.3.3.4 Multiple Sources and Layered Postpositions
3.4 Ongoing Grammaticalization of Spatial Postpositions
3.4.1 Selection Criteria
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