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The Syntax and Interpretation of Korean Semantically Defective kes as an Instance of Deep NP Anaphora
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- Issue Date
- 2023-12
- Citation
- Language Research Vol.59 No.3 pp.219-236
- Keywords
- kes ; stance noun ; internally-headed RC ; cleft ; deep NP anaphora
- Abstract
- In Korean, the dependent noun kes, meaning thing in English, is widely used in different structures. It is typically used as a semantically contentful generic non-human noun projection, acting as a relative clause (RC) head NP in RC constructions or playing a generic-stance noun-like role in the conventional complement clause—noun head construction, where it constitutes an instance of deep anaphora. It is also used like a function word devoid of semantic content; in such cases, it also acts as an instance of deep NP anaphora whose semantic content is, at the interpretational/construal stage, inherited from a relevant element in the structural context where it occurs. In this study, we argue that the latter use of kes is found in constructions such as internally-headed RCs and cleft structures. The main argument presented here is that structurally, only one kind of kes is represented as an instance of deep anaphora; however, it can be used either as a content noun or a semantically defective function-word-like noun
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- 0254-4474
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