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Genericity in Middle Constructions
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Yearn Jae-Il | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-06T00:44:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-06T00:44:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 어학연구, Vol.38 No.4, pp. 1151-1184 | ko_KR |
dc.identifier.issn | 0254-4474 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/90758 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In middle constructions the external argument is syntactically inactive, but is understood to be people in general. But controversially it is optionally realized as a for-phrase which can denote a specific individual. I propose that a for-phrase is indirectly associated with the implied agent. However, this does not explain the observation that middle constructions tend to be generic. A middle verb itself is aspectually non-generic, but a middle construction is generic as a whole. This requires the presence of the generic operator. One thing missing is how a middle construction is guaranteed to be generic. I propose that the event argument is given the feature [ANY], which must be associated with the generic operator. My proposal could cause some problems in semantic interpretation, and I show that they can be avoided by existential disclosure. | ko_KR |
dc.language.iso | en | ko_KR |
dc.publisher | 서울대학교 언어교육원 | ko_KR |
dc.subject | middle | ko_KR |
dc.subject | generic | ko_KR |
dc.subject | existential disclosure | ko_KR |
dc.subject | implicit argument | ko_KR |
dc.title | Genericity in Middle Constructions | ko_KR |
dc.type | SNU Journal | ko_KR |
dc.citation.journaltitle | 어학연구 | - |
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