현대 국어 ‘고맙다’와 ‘감사하다’의 의미 혼용

Abstract

In present day Korean, while it is described as misusage of meaning that lexeme ‘teullida’ might be used as having the sense <daleuda>, it is considered as extension of meaning that lexeme ‘gamsahada’ might be used as having the sense <gomabda>. This research analyzed the examples of lexemes ‘gamsahada’ and ‘gomabda’ in order to make a judgement of validity about assigning the meaning <gomabda> to lexeme ‘gamsahada’. A result of analysis of examples is as follows. The meaning of lexeme ‘gomabda’ is defined as <be admirable in speaker’s opinion> based on the construction ‘geosigiga gomabda’, and describes an attribute of subject ‘geosigi(=people or things)’. The meaning of lexeme ‘gamsahada’ is defined as <would like to give a reward from the heart of speaker> based on the construction ‘amugaega gamsahada’, and describes a mental state of subject ‘amugae(=people)’. ‘gomabda’ and ‘gamsahada’ have differences in subject and contents of predication, therefore these are distinct lexemes. Then it requires further reconsiderations that the meaning <gomabda> is assigned to the lexeme ‘gamsahada’ and that lexemes ‘gomabda’ and ‘gamsahada’ are synonymy.