This paper describes the development of two different DMs that emerged from the interrogative pronoun mwe (literally ‘what’). Both DMs acquired discursive functions as their source structures were used rhetorically (i.e., not to solicit an answer but to elicit attention). The DM mwe shifted from its original argument position to non-argument positions including LP, and then later to RP. On the other hand, the DM mwenyamyen (literally, ‘if (you) ask (me) what (it) is’), which originated from a subordinate clause, now invariably occurs at LP as a DM. From analyses with respect to (inter)subjectification, and exchange and action structures, I argue that even though peripheries are associated with (inter)subjectivity, the hypothesized correlation between LP versus RP and subjectivity versus intersubjectivity (Beeching and Detges 2014a) is not supported. Nor is the hypothesis supported that subjectified linguistic elements will shift their positions leftward in OV languages (Traugott 2010).

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LP和RP在韩语“what”中发展话语标记

本文描述了从疑问代词 mwe（字面意思是“什么”）中出现的两种不同 DM 的发展。两个 DM 都获得了话语功能，因为它们的源结构被用于修辞（即，不是为了征求答案，而是为了引起注意）。DM mwe 从其原始参数位置转移到包括 LP 在内的非参数位置，然后再转移到 RP。另一方面，源自从属从句的 DM mwenyamyen（字面意思是“如果（你）问（我）是什么”），现在总是作为 DM 出现在 LP 中。从关于（间）主体化、交换和行动结构的分析来看，我认为即使外围与（间）主体性有关，不支持 LP 与 RP 以及主观性与主体间性（Beeching 和 Detges 2014a）之间的假设相关性。主观化语言元素将在 OV 语言中向左移动的假设也没有得到支持（Traugott 2010）。