Two Historical Changes in Wh-Constructions in Korean and Their Implications

• 영문명: Two Historical Changes in Wh-Constructions in Korean and Their Implications
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Jeong-Me Yoon
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제15권 제4호, 457~487쪽, 전체 31쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.12.01

영문 초록

In this paper, I discuss two historical changes that took place in the wh- quantification paradigm in Korean. The first change, which is empirically attested, is that wh-words like nwukwu changed from exclusively interrogative pronouns to the current use as indefinite pronouns whose Q-force can be determined by the Q they are associated with. Another change I argue to have taken place is the reanalysis of various Q-morphemes from C to non-C elements, which can be identified as delimiters. In this paper, I show how the two seemingly independent historical changes could have been closely interrelated. My claim is that it is the second change, more specifically, reanalysis of nka from an interrogative C to an existential Q that triggered the first change. I also discuss how a diachronic perspective gained from studying the historical changes could shed light on certain puzzling properties about the locality of interrogative and non-interrogative wh- constructions in Korean.

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Abstract

1. Introduction

2. First Change: Nwukwu vs. Amwu

3. Another Change: Unified Clausal Approach and Reanalysis

4. Relating the Two Changes: Emergence of Existential Q and the First Change

5. Corollaries of a Diachronic Perspective: Locality of Interrogative and Non-Interrogative Wh-Constructions

6. Conclusion

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