Left Branch Extraction in Fragment and Truncated Cleft Constructions of Korean

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Myung-Kwan Park
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제22권 제1호, 219~233쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.02.29

영문 초록

This paper investigates into fragment and truncated cleft (or subjectless copular verb clause) constructions in Korean by employing the alleged diagnostics of left branch extraction (LBE). We argue that LBE in these two constructions provide compelling evidence that the fragment expression in the former is derived from Move and Delete, but the fragment-like expression in the latter is simply a base-generated predicate that takes the covert subject pro as its subject. To support this argument, we also used other syntactic tests such as tense realization, predication, and the structural restriction on fragmenting/stripping.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Left Branch Extraction under Fragmenting

3. Why do fragments occur only in matrix clause?

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

left branch extraction fragment truncated cleft subjectless copular verb clause Move and Delete fragmenting sluicing pro subject