Toward a Ditransitive Prototype:The Gradience of English Ditransitives

Grace Ge-Soon Moon 한국영어학학회 2014 영어학연구 Vol.20 No.3

Moon, Grace Ge-Soon. 2014. Toward a Ditransitive Prototype: The Gradienceof English Ditransitives. English Language and Linguistics 20.3, 115-134. Ditransitive constructions in English display a wide variation in acceptability judgments. Thepresent paper attempts to account for this variation within the framework of prototype theory. Specifically, it proposes a ditransitive prototype based on both the semantic features identified in previous research as relevant to prototypicaltransitivity and the properties that characterize the canonical ditransitive verb give.Arguing that the acceptability of ditransitive constructions is a reflex of theirpoximity to the proposed ditransitive prototype, the paper demonstrates that the"ditransitivity" of a given clause is determined by an interplay between the objectiveproperties of the clause itself and the speaker's subjective construal of the event described in the clause.

Observations and Remarks on Relative Pronoun Variation in English

( Grace Ge ),( Soon Moon ) 경희대학교 언어연구소 2012 언어연구 Vol.29 No.2

Moon, Gace Ge-Soon, 2012, Observations and Remarks on Relative Pronoun Variation in English, Linguistic Research 29(2), 281-297. This Paper examines the pronominal variation exhibited in restrictive relative clauses with non-human referents in modem American English. On the basis of a small-scale quantitative analysis of the Corpus of Contemporary American English, the paper shows that the choice between the pronouns which and that is primarily conditioned by the medium and genre of communication, as well the level of stylistic formality, It is also suggested that an interplay of grammatical roles and discourse functions further affects the variation in question.

동덕여자대학교 교양영어 프로그램의 발전적 개선방안

문지순,신동희 동덕여자대학교 인문과학연구소 2007 人文科學硏究 Vol.13 No.-

The present study reports on the results of a needs analysis conducted at Dongduk Women's University for the purpose of identifying the subjective and objective needs of the students with respect to the university's general English program and the study of English in general. The results indicate that while there are some important commonalities among the responses given by both the students and the teachers. students have different English language needs depending on their fields of study. On the basis of the findings of the study, specific suggestions are made on improving the current general English program and on planning for new course offerings.

Null Subjects in Tensed Clauses : A Brief Overview

문지순 人文科學硏究所 2006 人文科學硏究 Vol.12 No.-

The occurrence of the null subject in English tensed clauses--especially in informal, colloquial speech and in specialized registers such as diaries and product labels--has received much attention in the literature. While numerous scholars have attempted to account for this phenomenon, no single analysis has yet succeeded in explaining all instances of the tensed clause null subject. In this paper, I briefly overview and assess some of the past analyses on the null subject phenomenon. Rejecting the non-sentential analysis as untenable, I conclude that tensed clauses with null subjects have sentential underlying structures and, more specifically, that tensed clause null subjects are likely to be either zero topics that pick up discourse identification or the result of a phonological reduction process. The paper closes with a note on the shortcomings of the zero-topic analysis and suggestions for future research.

Topicalization and the Imperative Subject

문지순 人文科學硏究所 2005 人文科學硏究 Vol.11 No.-

Various proposals have been put forward in the literature suggesting that imperative subject in English behave differently from subjects of other finite clauses. One such proposal is that of Beukema and Coopmans (1989), who, while admitting the subject status of the initial noun phrase in imperative utterances like "You be careful," claim that all non-quantificational imperative subjects obligatorily undergo topicalization. In this paper, I assess Beukema and Coopman's claim by investigating the grammatical and discourse properties of topicalization. In particular, I scrutinize so-called multiple topicalization structures, drawing a distinction between topic-topicalization and focus-topicalization. Based on both imperative and non-imperative data bearing on multiple topicalization, I conclude contra Beukema and Coopmans that imperative subjects are not subject to obligatory topicalization. The discussion closes with a speculation on whether imperative subjects ever undergo topicalization in the overt syntax.

Ruled Surface로 형성된 임펠러 블레이드 전용 CAD/CAM 시스템 개발 Ⅱ : 5-축 가공에 관한 연구 A Study on the 5-Axis Machining

조현덕,정대일,윤문철,최두선,신보성,이응숙,董玉革 한국공작기계학회 2002 한국생산제조학회지 Vol.11 No.3

This study is continuous with the study 1 (A Study on the Modeling) and the sample impeller of this study is defined by the modeling process of the exclusive CAD/CAM system developed in the study I. And, this study describes a method for the 5-axis machining of impeller blades formed by ruled surface. Therefore, the exclusive CAD/CAM system is the software for modeling and machining of impeller blades. By using the machining method suggested in this study, we could manufacture impeller blades on 5-axis CNC machining center and the machined impeller was very agreeable to the designed impeller. Thus, theories proposed in this study can be very useful for the 5-axis machining of impeller blades.

Ruled Surface로 형성된 임펠러 블레이드 전용 CAD/CAM 시스템 개발 Ⅰ : 모델링에 관한 연구 A Study on the Modeling

조현덕,정대일,윤문철,최두선,신보성,이응숙,董玉革 한국공작기계학회 2001 한국생산제조학회지 Vol.10 No.6

We have developed the exclusive CAD/CAM system for the machining of impeller blades. This study is about the modeling method for the effective machining of impeller blades formed by ruled surface. As the impeller is consisted of boss part and blade part, the boss is modeled by rotational surface of hub curve on z-axis and the blade is described by ruled-surfaces between hub curve and shroud curve. This modeling process can be carried out on the software developed in this study. And, the developed software can describe the impeller as a solid model through interface with Solid-Works software. The developed software containing the interface method proposed in this study was very effective for impeller modeling.

The Use and Interpretation of Overt Imperative Subjects in English

Ge-Soon Moon 한국영어학학회 2006 영어학연구 Vol.- No.21

  As has been observed time and again in the literature, the absence of an overt subject is the unmarked case vis-?-vis the presence of one in English imperatives, and where an imperative does occur with an overt subject, it is with good reason--i.e., to serve some communicative purpose. In this paper, I argue that the various ways in which overt imperative subjects are used and interpreted can be reduced to two basic discourse-pragmatic functions. The first function, which I shall label "informational," can be summed up as follows: The subject of an imperative must occur overtly when it represents part of the most important information in the utterance. The second function, which I shall call "emotive," draws on Kamio’s (1997) theory of territory of information; in brief, the overt presence of a second-person pronominal subject signals the speaker’s territorial claim on the information conveyed in the given imperative, which in turn tinges the utterance with an authoritative overtone. The arguments put forward in this paper will show that overt imperative subjects do not occur at random but rather in strict accordance with discourse and pragmatic principles.

Pronominal Usage in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard : An Insight into Character Configuration

Moon, Ge Soon 한국외국어대학교 외국어 종합연구센터 언어연구소 2004 언어와 언어학 Vol.0 No.33

러시아어 대명사의 다양한 사회학적, 언어학적인 속성들은 이미 많은 논문들에서 고찰 된 바 있다. 이렇게 많은 연구에도 불구하고, 대명사의 사회 언어학적 그리고 담화-화용론적인 의미와 문학적 분석 사이의 연관성에 대해서는 아직까지 많은 관심을 끌지 못하고 있다. 본 논문은 체호프의 희곡 <벚꽃 동산>에서 대명사가 어떻게 사용되었는지를 조사함으로써, 대명사의 담화-화용론적인 고착이 희곡의 구성을 이해하는데 어떤 역할을 할 수 있는지 보여 주었다. 구체적으로 말하자면, 본고는 체호프가 청자 지칭 대명사나 2인칭 소유격 대명사, 그리고 재귀대명사 등의 선정에 등장인물들의 상관관계를 반영하고 있으며, 그 관계 사이에 일어나는 미묘한 변화도 암시적하고 있다는 주장하였다.

Bilingualism in Canada: A Case Study

( Grace Ge Soon Moon ),( In Tae Hwang ) 한국현대영어영문학회 2007 현대영어영문학 Vol.51 No.2