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Semantic Constraints on the Genitive Complements of Verbal Nouns in Korean*
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jun, Jong Sup | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-07T07:55:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-07T07:55:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 어학연구, Vol.42 No.2, pp. 357-397 | ko_KR |
dc.identifier.issn | 0254-4474 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/86408 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The adnominal genitive is generally considered to be a purely syntactic case. Genitive complements of verbal nouns in the Korean light verb construction (=LVC), however, show that syntax alone cannot explain the entire distribution of genitive. In this paper, I argue that combined factors of animacy and specificity constrain the genitive assignment of LVC; i.e., inanimate arguments with specific semantic content allow genitive-marking more readily than animate non-specific arguments. The alternation between accusative and genitive on the complement NP correlates with case ellipsis of the object NP in Korean. Differential Object Marking between OBJ-Acc and OBJ-ø is also constrained by such factors as animacy and definiteness/specificity (Aissen 2003, H Lee 2005). The commonality between the genitive complement of LVC and OBJ-ø is that they are typical objects, and hence are not confusable with the subject arguments. The overall discussion leads to interesting consequences for the event-type structure and the view of UG. | ko_KR |
dc.language.iso | en | ko_KR |
dc.publisher | 서울대학교 언어교육원 | ko_KR |
dc.subject | case | ko_KR |
dc.subject | genitive, | ko_KR |
dc.subject | verbal noun | ko_KR |
dc.subject | light verb construction | ko_KR |
dc.subject | animacy | ko_KR |
dc.subject | specificity | ko_KR |
dc.subject | differential object marking | ko_KR |
dc.subject | exceptional case marking | ko_KR |
dc.title | Semantic Constraints on the Genitive Complements of Verbal Nouns in Korean* | ko_KR |
dc.type | SNU Journal | ko_KR |
dc.citation.journaltitle | 어학연구 | - |
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