Semantic Resolution to the Copy Raising Verb Puzzle

• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Mean-Young Song
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』영어학연구 제25권 1호, 25~27쪽, 전체 3쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.03.30

영문 초록

This paper aims at investigating the semantics of English copy raising constructions (CRCs) in which the matrix subject is copied onto the embedded subject. In their recent work, Asudeh and Toivonen (2012) argue that unlike canonical raising, copy raising is involved in the P-source, a semantic role assigned to the matrix subject, due to the fact that copy raising is used only in the situation where the speaker has a perception source of the matrix subject. However, this paper argues against them since CRCs can be licensed even when the P-source is absent. It also argues that they are involved in evidentiality, because they are licensed in the context where the speaker has evidence. To incorporate the evidential flavor into the semantics of copy raising verbs, this paper proposes a modal-based alternative analysis.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Syntactic Properties of Copy Raising Constructions

3. Previous Works

4. Preliminaries

5. Toward a Semantic Analysis

6. Closing Remarks

키워드

copy raising evidentiality modal base ordering source