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This paper focuses on accounting for some aspects of truncation in loanwords of Korean under Correspondence Theory. The study shows that the determination of the base in truncation analysis is very crucial, because identity effects between a truncated form and its base play a major role in choosing the optimal form. We have analyzed truncation by dividing truncated loanwords into single truncated loanwords (STLs) and compound truncated loanwords (CTLs). In STLs, how to set the base up depends on whether the source words are borrowed directly into Korean or they are loaned after being truncated. In order to analyze CTLs, we consider the recoverable possibility of original compound words from truncated forms. The study reveals that the minimal word requirement exists in truncated loanwords in Korean. We expect that new truncated words will be created as the communicative media are developing so fast. However, the new forms at least will follow some conditions proposed in this paper.
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truncation, loanwords, recoverability, optimalit
