Genitive Case and Complex Spatial PPs in Korean

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Jaehoon Choi
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제25권 제3호, 561~580쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.09.30

영문 초록

There are two representative approaches in analyzing –uy morpheme in Korean. One approach, which has been traditionally assumed in the generative literature, treats –uy as an instance of genitive Case marker (Bak 2006, Hong 1994, Kim 2003, Lee 2015). According to this type of analysis, –uy reflects Case. The other approach, which has recently been suggested by Hong (2010, 2013) and An (2012, 2014), rejects the traditional view and proposes that –uy is an instance of modifier-marking morpheme and as such links a head noun and its modifier. According to this view, –uy has nothing to do with Case, whether structural or nonstructural. This study demonstrates that there is at least one instance of –uy that does not fit with the analyses of the latter type, in which –uy is treated as linking a modifier and a modifiee. The evidence comes from the distribution of – uy within complex spatial PPs. The way –uy behaves in the context of complex spatial PPs suggests that it cannot be treated as an instance of modifier marker. We then argue that the occurrence of –uy in complex spatial PPs instantiates genitive Case and propose that a segment of P, to be precise the Axial Part head, licenses inherent genitive Case to its nominal complement.

목차

1. Introduction

2. The Linker Analysis of –uy

3. The Distribution of –uy in Complex Spatial PPs

4. A Case Analysis of –uy in Complex Spatial PPs

5. A Remaining Issue and Concluding Remarks

키워드

complex spatial PP AxPart genitive Case inherent Case nonstructural Case