The Movement of Non-Focused Relative Clauses

• 발행기관: 경희대학교 언어정보연구소
• 저자명: Youngkook Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『언어연구』제27권 제2호, 357~371쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.08.30

영문 초록

The relative clauses are base-generated within the scope of determiner, namely, [Spec,AgrP] and the non-focused (nonrestrictive) relative clauses further move out of the scope of determiner (pre-determiner position), or [Spec,DP] to receive a proper interpretation. The restrictive relative clauses remain in their original position without any movement in syntax or at LF, irrespectively of whether they are Korean or English. On the other hand, the movement of non-focused relative clauses occurs syntactically in Korean and it happens in LF in English. The restrictive relative clauses check their focus feature in [Spec,AgrP], or inside of the scope of determiner, and the non-focused (nonrestrictive) relative clauses check their non-focus (TOPIC) feature in [Spec,DP], regardless of whether they are English or Korean. The difference between English and Korean is whether the non-focused (non-restrictive) relative clauses check their features in syntax or at LF. The non-focused (non-restrictive) relative clause in Korean checks in syntax while in English at LF.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Feature-Checking Configuration

3. The Structure of DP

4. The Movement of Relative Clauses

5. The Structure of Relative Clauses in English

6. Conclusion

References

키워드

relative clause(s) non-focused(non-restrictive) Korean and English feature-checking DP-structure