Typological patterns of motion verbs in Korean

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The significance of this thesis lies in its comprehensive study of lexicalization patterns of Korean motion verb including both mono-morphemic and multi-morphemic motion verbs.
From a typological point of view, Korean is basically classified as a Path language. However, since Korean does not express Path only in the verb root, I argue that there are three typical patterns in native Korean and one characteristic pattern in Sino-Korean motion verbs: a monomorphemic native-Korean motion verb root, a native-Korean subordinating complex motion verb a native-Korean coordinating complex motion verb, and a Sino-Korean motion light verb construction.
In spontaneous complex motion verbs composed of a Conformation verb and a Deictic verb, I argue that the Deictic verb is the main verb, where the Motion component is conflated with Deixis because the Conformation verb has changed into a Path satellite and that this conflation pattern corresponds to that of a motion verb root because Deixis is one of the three subcomponents of Path: Conformation, Vector, and Deixis.
Korean employs a variety of complex motion verbs as well as simplex motion verbs with different semantic effects. I argue that complex motion verbs with a Deictic verb express the dynamicity or extendedness of a motion event, whereas simplex motion verbs without a deictic verb do not.
In minor systems of the lexicalization of Korean motion verbs, two semantic elements are involved in motion verbs together with the Motion component. I classify such minor systems into two types: the conflation of Motion with Ground/Figure as well as Path in the verb root and the combination of Figure/Ground with a motion verb root.
Finally, I argue that the most typical lexicalization patterns of Sino-Korean motion verbs show that Motion and Path are conflated into a single morpheme and Path/Ground is expressed separately within the same verb root.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• TABLE OF CONTENTS = iv
• ABSTRACT = xi
• Chapter 1 Introduction = 1
• Chapter 2 A Typology of Languages: with Focus on Motion Events = 5
• 2.1 Introduction = 5
• 2.2 Semantics of Motion Events = 5
• 2.2.1 Semantic Elements in Motion Events = 5
• 2.2.2 A Motion Event as a Complex Event = 9
• 2.3 Verb-Framed Languages and Satellite-Framed Languages = 15
• 2.4 A Typology of Lexicalization Patterns = 18
• 2.4.1 Co-event languages = 18
• 2.4.2 Path languages = 21
• 2.4.3 Figure languages = 29
• 2.4.4 Summary = 31
• 2.5 Summary = 32
• Chapter 3 Characteristic Lexicalization Patterns of Motion Verbs in Native Korean = 33
• 3.1 Introduction = 33
• 3.1.1 Defining 'Lexicalization' = 33
• 3.1.2 Defining Simplex and Complex Motion Verbs = 34
• 3.2 Previous Research and Proposal = 37
• 3.2.1 Choi and Bowerman (1991) = 38
• 3.2.2 Kim (1997) and Han (1997) = 40
• 3.2.3 Wienold (1992, 1995) and Talmy (2000b) = 49
• 3.2.4 Proposal = 50
• 3.3 Simplex Motion Verbs = 52
• 3.3.1 Simplex Spontaneous Motion Verbs = 53
• 3.3.1.1 Morphological Relevance between Spontaneous and Caused Motion = 53
• 3.3.1.2 Conformation with Vector vs. Vector Alone = 56
• 3.3.2 Simplex Caused Motion Verbs = 59
• 3.3.2.1 Inherent Caused Motion Verbs = 59
• 3.3.2.2 Derived Caused Motion Verbs = 62
• 3.4 Complex Motion Verbs = 63
• 3.4.1 Syntactic Analyses = 63
• 3.4.1.1 Defining Serial Verb Constructions = 64
• 3.4.1.2 Serial Verb Constructions with Motion Verbs = 66
• 3.4.1.2.1 Motion-related SVCs in Creoles = 66
• 3.4.1.2.2 Motion-related SVCs in Korean = 74
• 3.4.1.2.2.1 Subordinating Complex Motion Verbs in Korean = 75
• 3.4.1.2.2.2 Coordinating Complex Motion Verbs in Korean = 81
• 3.4.1.3 Typical Order of Serial Verb Constructions = 85
• 3.4.2 Semantic Analyses = 87
• 3.4.2.1 Complex Spontaneous Motion Verbs = 88
• 3.4.2.2 Complex Caused Motion Verbs = 99
• 3.4.2.3 Lexical Status of Path Verbs in Complex Motion Verbs = 112
• 3.5 Manner Verbs = 121
• 3.5.1 Motionhood of Manner Verbs = 122
• 3.6 Conclusion = 129
• Chapter 4 Semantic Differences between Different Lexicalization Patterns = 132
• 4.1 Introduction = 132
• 4.2 Simplex Motion Verbs vs. Complex Motion Verbs with a Path Satellite = 133
• 4.3 Simplex Motion Verbs vs. Complex Motion Verbs with a Full-Motion Path Verb = 140
• 4.3.1 cina- vs. cina-ha/o- = 140
• 4.3.2 nem- vs. nem-e-ka/o- = 143
• 4.3.3 kenne- vs. kenne-ka/o- = 148
• 4.3.4 tol- vs. tola-ka/o- = 150
• 4.4 Complex Motion Verbs vs. Their Biclausal Counterparts = 153
• 4.4.1 Purposive Complex Motion Verbs = 154
• 4.4.2 Participial Complex Motion Verbs = 156
• 4.4.3 Complex Motion Verbs Consisting of a Conformation Verb and a Deictic Verb = 160
• 4.5 Caused Complex Motion Verbs with vs. without a Deictic Verb = 163
• 4.6 Conclusion = 165
• Chapter 5 Minor Systems of Lexicalization of Motion Verbs in Native Korean = 167
• 5.1 Introduction = 167
• 5.2 Conflation of Motion with Ground or Figure in a Verb Root = 167
• 5.2.1 Conflation of Motion with Path and Ground = 168
• 5.2.2 Conflation of Motion with Path and Figure = 173
• 5.2.3 Summary = 173
• 5.3 Combination of Figure or Ground with a Verb Root = 173
• 5.3.1 Foregrounding and Backgrounding of Figure and Ground = 174
• 5.3.2 Combination of Figure or Ground with a Motion Verb Root = 176
• 5.3.3 Summary = 184
• 5.4 Conclusion = 185
• Chapter 6 Lexicalization Patterns of Motion Verbs in Sino-Korean = 187
• 6.1 Introduction = 187
• 6.2 Characteristics of Sino-Korean Motion Light Verb Constructions = 187
• 6.2.1 Conflation of Motion with Two Semantic Elements = 187
• 6.3 Characteristic Patterns of Sino-Korean Motion Light Verb Constructions = 190
• 6.3.1 [Path] [Motion+Path] = 191
• 6.3.2 [Motion+Path] [Ground] = 193
• 6.3.3 [Manner] [Motion+Path] = 197
• 6.3.4 [Motion+Path] [Motion+Path] = 197
• 6.3.5 [Figure] [Motion+Path] = 199
• 6.4 Minor Patterns of Sino-Korean Motion Light Verb Constructions = 200
• 6.4.1 Sino-Korean Verbal Noun + Deictic/Causative = 200
• 6.4.2 Serial Verb Constructions including Sino-Korean Motion Light Verb Constructions = 201
• 6.5 Conclusion = 204
• Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks = 205
• References = 209