A Minimalist Analysis of Adverbial Case in Korean

• 영문명: A Minimalist Analysis of Adverbial Case in Korean
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: 송홍기(Hong-Ki Sohng)
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제14권 제1호, 103~136쪽, 전체 34쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.03.01

영문 초록

This paper aims at providing a principled account of structural Case on adverbial DPs in Korean in the Minimalist framework. The gist of the analysis is two-fold: (1) the duration adverbial gets its Accusative Case feature checked by Aspect, and (2) the frequency adverbial gets its Accusative or Nominative Case feature checked by v or T, just like the verbal object. This accounts for the split between frequency and duration adverbials. I claim that no Aspect exists for the stative/psych verbs. I argue that unergative verbs are verbs with capacity to check the Accusative Case feature. As no light verb exists for an unaccusative verb, the frequency adverbial gets its Nominative feature checked by T. In case Aspect for the embedded vP has a value [0 complete] in the siph-ta construction, the durative and the frequency adverbial have their Nominative Case features checked by the matrix T.

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Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Adverbial Case Marking in Korean

3. Major Approaches to Structural Case on Adverbials in Korean

4. A Minimalist Account of Adverbial Case in Korean

5. Conclusion

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