On the categorial Status of -ey and -eyse

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Yongkil Jeong
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제18권 제4호, 699~715쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.11.30

영문 초록

This paper is concerned with the categorial status of locative markers -ey and -eyse in Korean. With respect to the categorial status of -ey and -eyse, Seo (1996) proposes that they are of the category P. In this paper, we will argue that -ey and -eyse are not postpositions but case markers, which are licensed by the verb. We will show that -ey and -eyse are distinguished from prepositions, semantically as well as syntactically. First, unlike typical prepositions, -ey and -eyse seem to lack unique semantic content. Second, -ey and -eyse are licensed within a verb phrase but not within a noun phrase, which is against Seo's (1996) analysis of -ey and -eyse as the category P. These facts about -ey and -eyse can be accounted for in a principled manner under the analysis of them as case markers, which are licensed by the verb.

키워드

locative markers categorial status prepositions/postpositions case markers semantic content licensing of case markers case drop