Han, Ho. 1998. Language Change: From Syntactic Incorporation to Lexical Compounding. Linguistics, 6-2, 67-81. This study explores ongoing structural change with respect to light verb ha- constructions (henceforth, LVC) in Korean. The ha- LVC generates...
Han, Ho. 1998. Language Change: From Syntactic Incorporation to Lexical Compounding. Linguistics, 6-2, 67-81. This study explores ongoing structural change with respect to light verb ha- constructions (henceforth, LVC) in Korean. The ha- LVC generates through the process of combining a Sino-Korean(SK) noun with the LV ha-. In the literature this process is considered to be involved with some sort of incorporation in Baker's (1988) sense. In negating an LV complex as V, only one type of negatives is judged perfect. However, it will be shown that there is age variance in terms of acceptability of the other type of negatives. With language acquisition data and historical linguistic theories, I will argue that the structure of the LV ha- complex appears to be currently under change. (Ajou University)