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This paper showed that in the equative construction, certain predicate which was claimed to have an absolute meaning can have a relative meaning in accordance with the correlation between the comparative center and comparative standard. In the equative and comparative constructions, gradable predicates are considered to have an absolute meaning in the case that the objects of comparative center and standard have characteristics and properties expressed by the predicate, and gradable predicates are considered to have a relative meaning in the case that the objects of comparative center and standard don’t have to have characteristics and properties expressed by the predicate In the previous researches, it has been claimed that in the implicit comparative construction, ‘keuda(big)/jakda(small)’ always have an absolute meaning, and in the explicit superior comparative construction, they always have a relative meaning, but in the explicit equative construction, ‘keuda(big)’ has a relative meaning and ‘jakda(small)’ has an absolute meaning. It has not been clearly explained whether these differences showed in the three types of construction result from the characteristics of three constructions or the properties of predicates. In this paper, it is discussed that the differences showed in the three types of construction result from the correlation between the comparative center and comparative standard. Especially, it is shown that the generalization that in the equative construction with ‘mankeum(as)’, ‘keuda(big)’ has a relative meaning and ‘jakda(small)’ has an absolute meaning is not applied to the equative construction when it is used to resolve the semantic vagueness related to correlation between the comparative center and comparative standard. Thus, it is claimed that the interpretational difference between the absolute and relative meaning in the equative construction with ‘mankeum(as)’ can be more properly explained by the observation that the interpretational difference results from the correlation between the comparative center and comparative standard.

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본고에서는‘만큼’이쓰인동등비교구문에서절대적의미를지니는것으로 여겨진 특정 서술어가 비교 중심 대상과 비교 기준 대상 사이의 상관관계에 따라 상대적의미를지니는것이가능함을보였다. 비교구문에서정도성서술 어가절대적의미를지니는경우는비교중심대상과비교기준대상이서술어 가나타내는특성이나성질을갖는것이고, 상대적의미를지니는경우는 비교 대상들이 정도성 서술어가 나타내는 특성이나 성질을 갖지 않아도 되는 것을 이른다. 내재적비교구문에서‘크다/작다’는항상절대적의미를지니는것으로해석 되고, 명시적차등우세비교구문에서항상상대적의미를지니는것으로해석 되지만, 명시적 동등비교 구문에서는 ‘크다’는 상대적 의미를, 그리고‘작다’는 절대적 의미를 지니는 것으로 해석된다고 기존의 연구에서 논의되었다. 이런 세 유형의 비교 구문에서 나타나는 차이가 구문 자체의 특성에 의한 것인지 서술어 자체의 특성에 기인하는 것인지는 명시되지 않았다. 본고에서는 이런 차이가비교 중심대상과 비교기준 대상사이의 상관관계에 의해서나타나는 것으로 보고 논의를 전개하였다. 특히‘만큼’ 동등비교구문과관련하여‘크다’는상대적의미를지니고‘작다’ 는절대적의미를지닌다는일반화는비교중심대상과비교기준대상의상관 관계와관련된의미적모호성을해소하기위한표현으로‘만큼’ 동등비교구문 이사용되는경우에는적용되지않음을보였다. 따라서‘만큼’ 비교구문에서의 상대적의미와절대적의미의차이는비교중심대상과비교기준대상의상관 관계에 따라 결정되는 것으로 보는 것이 더 적절함을 주장했다.