Semantic relations and multiple case constructions: an experimental approach

이용훈 경희대학교 언어정보연구소 2014 언어연구 Vol.31 No.2

Multiple Nominative Constructions (MNCs) and Multiple Accusative Constructions (MACs) have been some of the hottest and interesting topics in Korean syntax. Though there have been lots of previous studies on these constructions, most of them have provided theoretical accounts. Recently, Lee (2013) took an experimental approach and examined native speakers' grammaticality judgment of these constructions. This paper took the same approach to these constructions, but the experiment was performed with 100 native speakers. Ryu (2013) tried to unify MNCs and MACs into Multiple Case Constructions (MCCs) and to classify them into 16 types based on the semantic relations. This paper adopted his data sets and the experiment was performed based on these 16 semantic relations. The experiment was designed following Johnson (2008); and the native speakers’ grammaticality judgments were measured with two scales, numerical estimates and line drawing, though the latter was adopted in the actual analyses. Through the experiment, the following facts were observed again: (i) The grammaticality of the MCCs does not constitute a homogeneous group, (ii) The grammaticality of the MCCs varies depending on which semantic relations hold between two NPs, (iii) MNCs had more grammaticality judgments than MACs if both constructions occurred in the similar contexts, and (iv) the sentences in some MAC types had much lower grammaticality than those in the others, as Ryu (2013) mentioned.

VP-Internal Nominative in Multiple Nominative Constructions

Jeonghee Byun 현대문법학회 2021 현대문법연구 Vol.111 No.-

The aim of this paper is to discuss two questions concerning multiple nominative constructions (MNCs) in Korean: whether or not all nominative-marked elements are subjects and how nominative marker can be realized on more than one nominal. As for the first question, I support that not all the nominatives represent the subjecthood of their bearer as mentioned by Mok (2005). Special attention is devoted to inalienable possession constructions (IPCs). I demonstrate with empirical evidence that the second nominative is not a grammatical subject but a VP- internal element. This finding carries over to the second question, arguing that the nominative case does not have to move up to T to be valued. It is valued within VP periphery. Consequently, this paper presents a possibility that apparent case marking does not always represent its syntactic position.

Semantic relations and multiple case constructions: an experimental approach

( Yong Hun Lee ) 경희대학교 언어연구소 2014 언어연구 Vol.31 No.2

Multiple Nominative Constructions (MNCs) and Multiple Accusative Constructions (MACs) have been some of the hottest and interesting topics in Korean syntax. Though there have been lots of previous studies on these constructions, most of them have provided theoretical accounts. Recently, Lee (2013) took an experimental approach and examined native speakers`` grammaticality judgment of these constructions. This paper took the same approach to these constructions, but the experiment was performed with 100 native speakers. Ryu (2013) tried to unify MNCs and MACs into Multiple Case Constructions (MCCs) and to classify them into 16 types based on the semantic relations. This paper adopted his data sets and the experiment was performed based on these 16 semantic relations. The experiment was designed following Johnson (2008); and the native speakers’ grammaticality judgments were measured with two scales, numerical estimates and line drawing, though the latter was adopted in the actual analyses. Through the experiment, the following facts were observed again: (i) The grammaticality of the MCCs does not constitute a homogeneous group, (ii) The grammaticality of the MCCs varies depending on which semantic relations hold between two NPs, (iii) MNCs had more grammaticality judgments than MACs if both constructions occurred in the similar contexts, and (iv) the sentences in some MAC types had much lower grammaticality than those in the others, as Ryu (2013) mentioned. (Chungnam National University)

우리말 예변 논항과 불연속 표현

최준수(Joon Soo Tchoe) 현대문법학회 2013 현대문법연구 Vol.74 No.-

In Tchoe (2012, 2013) I have argued that the ECMed DP in Korean is in fact a base-generated proleptic argument. In this subsequent work I will tackle a variety of questions contained in this conclusion. But in the first part of the article, I will delve rather into the Multiple Nominative/Accusative constructions in Korean, which have always been assumed to posses distinct syntactic representations and derivations from the ECM constructions. I will show that the Multiple Nominative/Accusative constructions are also a base-generated proleptic construction. Given this, the unique difference between ECM constructions and Multiple Case constructions in Korean is the fact that in the latter types of constructions the grammatical (thematic/narrow, in other terms) subject/object is always represented by a DP. Upon this observation, four assertions will be made on the syntax of Korean. The first one is that Korean employs two types of syntactic objects to represent in syntax an argument selected by a predicate; the one is a continuous expression and the other a discontinuous expression in the sense of Hale (1981 et seq). I refer, as a continuous expression, the nominal or propositional expressions that function like a single syntactic object with regard to syntactic operations such as scrambling. For nominal or propositional expressions whose parts split off after the Case-checking, I will refer them as a discontinuous expression. I will also show that discontinuous expressions have nothing to do with so-called symmetrically Merged unstable syntactic objects (Chomsky 2013, Moro 2007 and Ott 2011, forthcoming). But I am not ready to propose any tangible idea on the internal composition of the discontinuous expressions. The second assertion put forward is that discontinuous expressions always consist of a proleptic argument and a grammatical subject/object. The third and last assertions are that proleptic arguments are assigned a pragmatically accessible θ-role and that they appear on the left side of the grammatical subject/object at least in Korean.

An Experimental Approach to Multiple Case Constructions in Korean

Lee, Yong-Hun Korean Society for Language and Information 2013 언어와 정보 Vol.17 No.2

Multiple Nominative Constructions (MNCs) and Multiple Accusative Constructions (MACs) have been some of the hottest and interesting topics in Korean syntax. This paper took empirical approaches to these constructions and examined native speakers' grammaticality judgements of these constructions. Though there are lots of previous studies on these constructions, Ryu (2010, 2013a, 2013b, 2013c) recently tried to unify MNCs and MACs into Multiple Case Constructions (MCCs) and to classify them into 16 types based on the semantic relations. This paper includes experiments which were performed on these 16 different types. The experiments were designed following Johnson (2008); and the native speakers' intuition was measured with two scales, numerical estimates and line drawing, though the latter was adopted in the actual analyses. Through the experiment, the following facts were observed: (i) the grammaticality of the MCCs varies depending on their semantic relations, (ii) MNCs were more grammatical than MACs if both constructions occurred in similar environments, and (iii) the sentences in some MAC types had much lower grammaticality than those in the others, as Ryu (2013b, 2013c) mentioned.

An Experimental Approach to Multiple Case Constructions in Korean

이용훈 한국언어정보학회 2013 언어와 정보 Vol.17 No.2

Multiple Nominative Constructions (MNCs) and Multiple Accusative Constructions (MACs) have been some of the hottest and interesting topics in Korean syntax. This paper took empirical approaches to these constructions and examined native speakers’ grammaticality judgements of these constructions. Though there are lots of previous studies on these constructions, Ryu (2010, 2013a, 2013b, 2013c) recently tried to unify MNCs and MACs into Multiple Case Constructions (MCCs) and to classify them into 16 types based on the semantic relations. This paper includes experiments which were performed on these 16 different types. The experiments were designed following Johnson (2008); and the native speakers’ intuition was measured with two scales, numerical estimates and line drawing, though the latter was adopted in the actual analyses. Through the experiment, the following facts were observed: (i) the grammaticality of the MCCs varies depending on their semantic relations, (ii) MNCs were more grammatical than MACs if both constructions occurred in similar environments, and (iii) the sentences in some MAC types had much lower grammaticality than those in the others, as Ryu (2013b, 2013c) mentioned.

An Experimental Approach to Multiple Case Constructions in Korean

( Yong Hun Lee ) 한국언어정보학회 2013 언어와 정보 Vol.17 No.2

Multi-ple Nominative Constructions (MNCs) and Multiple Accusative Constructions (MACs) have been some of the hottest and interesting topics in Korean syntax. This paper took empirical approaches to these constructions and examined na-tive speakers`s grammaticality judgements of these constructions. Though there are lots of previous studies on these constructions, Ryu (2010, 2013a, 2013b, 2013c) recently tried to unify MNCs and MACs into Multiple Case Construc-tions (MCCs) and to classify them into 16 types based on the semantic re-lations. This paper includes experiments which were performed on these 16 different types. The experiments were designed following Johnson (2008); and the native speakers` intuition was measured with two scales, numerical esti-mates and line drawing, though the latter was adopted in the actual analyses. Through the experiment, the following facts were observed: (i) the grammat-icality of the MCCs varies depending on their semantic relations, (ii) MNCs were more grammatical than MACs if both constructions occurred in simi-lar environments, and (iii) the sentences in some MAC types had much lower grammaticality than those in the others, as Ryu (2013b, 2013c) mentioned. (Chungnam National University & Hannam University)

An experimental study on interpretive properties of multiple nominative/subject constructions (MNCs/MSCs) in Korean

김지혜 경희대학교 언어정보연구소 2015 언어연구 Vol.32 No.2

This study investigated interpretive (i.e. semantic and pragmatic) properties in Korean Multiple Nominative/Subject Constructions (MNCs/MSCs), through an experimental syntactic study. An experiment was designed to test key properties (i.e., characteristic property and newsworthy property) of MNCs/MSCs in Korean that have been regarded as contributing to felicity of MNCs/MSCs (Yoon 2004, 2007, 2009). Forty Korean native speakers were tested over Acceptability Judgment Task. The test materials were composed of 60 Korean sentences representing the two interpretive properties of MNCs/MSCs – characteristic property of Sentential Predicate (SP) and newsworthiness of Major Subject (MS). Overall results showed that Korean native speakers seem to treat MNCs/MSCs with both characteristic SP and newsworthy MS more felicitous than the sentences in less than ideal conditions.

An experimental study on interpretive properties of multiple nominative/subject constructions (MNCs/MSCs) in Korean

( Ji Hye Kim ) 경희대학교 언어연구소 2015 언어연구 Vol.32 No.2

This study investigated interpretive (i.e. semantic and pragmatic) properties in Korean Multiple Nominative/Subject Constructions (MNCs/MSCs), through an experimental syntactic study. An experiment was designed to test key properties (i.e., characteristic property and newsworthy property) of MNCs/MSCs in Korean that have been regarded as contributing to felicity of MNCs/MSCs (Yoon 2004, 2007, 2009). Forty Korean native speakers were tested over Acceptability Judgment Task. The test materials were composed of 60 Korean sentences representing the two interpretive properties of MNCs/MSCs ? characteristic property of Sentential Predicate (SP) and newsworthiness of Major Subject (MS). Overall results showed that Korean native speakers seem to treat MNCs/MSCs with both characteristic SP and newsworthy MS more felicitous than the sentences in less than ideal conditions. (Soongsil University)

Mapping Algorithm of Semantic Interpretation in Korean Multiple Nominative Constructions

Yoon-Ho Jeon 한국언어연구학회 2019 언어학연구 Vol.24 No.3

This paper investigates the relation between Korean nominal markers (case, topic, focus stress, etc.) and the semantic interpretations each of them induces in multiple nominative constructions (MNC). Adopting Jeon’s (2019b) proposal, which is the revised version of Diesing’s (1992) mapping hypothesis, and Ha’s (2014) applicative approach, I show that in MNCs a generic reading is licensed in the restrictive clause (TopP/FocP) by binding by the null generic operator GEN and an existential/episodic reading can be derived by existential closure in ApplP, which is the nuclear scope. It will be shown that nominative-marked NPs in MNCs are all licensed by an applicative head and are represented in the vP-type projection, ApplP. This mapping structure is supported by the analysis in Jeon (2019b), which presents the evidence against the lexical division of stage- and individual- level predicates, arguing for a distinction dependent on syntactic contexts.