Abstract:
The objectives of this study are 1) to analyze the lexical and grammatical meanings of the word cho 'GIVE' and 2) to discuss the semantic relations among them. It is found that the word cho has two major types of meaning namely, lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. The first type of meaning is subclassified into the following subtypes 1) to transfer the possession of a certain entity 2) to supply or put something in a container and 3) to give an opinion. The second type of meaning is subclassified into the following subtypes 1) dative-marking 2) benefactive and malefactive-marking 3) causative-marking and 4) purposive-marking. The meanings of the word cho are interrelated. The relatedness between meanings can be represented in a semantic network in which the meaning "to transfer the possession of a certain entity" is the central meaning. The meanings which are extended from the central one are : to supply, to give an opinion, dative-marking, benefactive and malefactive-marking and causative-marking. The purposive-marking function is the only extended meaning which does not extend from the central meaning. Rather, it extends from the causative-marking function. The semantic extension is primarily motivated by the cognitive process of metonymy in which a covert meaning contiguous with another meaning is elevated. There is only one meaning which is extended by the proves of metaphor which involves the understanding of an entity in an abstract domain in terms of an entit