한국어 관용어구와 논항구조 = Idiomatic Expressions in Korean and Argument Structure

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper deals with idiomatic expressions in Korean within the framework of Argument Structure Theory. The theory attempts to figure out what kind of semantic information is relevant to determining the formal characteristic of argument structure. Various studies propose the hierarchy of fine-grained thematic roles as a crucial determining factor, and some of them claim that English idioms provide supporting evidence. In this paper, I analyze the meaning of Korean idioms in terms of thematic roles to see whether it is affected by the hierarchical order among them. I will show that Korean idioms only support the binary distinction between Patient/Theme and all the other roles, unlike the previous claims based on English data. Basing myself on this empirical evidence, I will suggest that aspectual information may be more relevant to the argument structure of Korean idioms rather than the hierarchy of thematic roles.