KOREAN MORPHOLOGY · COMPOUNDS

Compounds and auxiliaries

Nominal compounds

If the source declares 물/NNG+줄기/NNG+는/JX as the whole host analysis of 물줄기는, the 물 component is searchable. The exact host spans and particle consumption must agree.

When an independent whole analysis competes with an alternative split of 산길, 길 found only in the alternative is not accepted by default.

n:물 under --boundary smart with the component resource matches 물줄기는. Under the same settings, n:길 does not match 산길을 solely from an alternative split that competes with the independent 산길/NNG analysis.

Predicate compounds

When a preceding predicate, connective ending, and following predicate form one token, as in 들어가다, the internal cores and continuations become structural constraints.

A surface analyzed only as one predicate is not arbitrarily split into two predicates.

Auxiliaries

Forms such as 빼놓을, 생겨났던, and 극심해지겠지만 require either a completed predicate+EC+VX+E path or the result-change -아/어지다 family.

Neither an out-of-core connective nor a short ambiguous surface alone can establish an auxiliary path.