Some Remarks on Korean Nominalizer kes and Information Structure

• 영문명: Some Remarks on Korean Nominalizer kes and Information Structure
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Jong-Bok Kim(김종복) Peter Sells
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제17권 제4호, 479~494쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.11.30

영문 초록

  We argue that uses of the Korean form kes in copular sentences, in which it appears to function sometimes as a nominalizer and sometimes as a marker of a cleft or pseudo-cleft construction. All of these fall under a simple analysis once the information-structure properties of copular clauses are taken into consideration: that they have predicative and equative uses (independently of kes). We propose that a kes-phrase may identify an all-new referent, or it may refer to a previously-established one; but it may not have a predicative use - it may not provide further descriptive information about a referent already established.

목차

1. Introduction
2. Copular sentences
3. Why information structure is relevant
4. Predication and equation with kes
5. Conclusion
References

키워드

kes copula cleft information structure file card semantics