인지문법으로 분석한 구조의 다의성: 한국어 여격-주격-서술어 구조를 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Four methods will be used including Literature Review, Corpus Data Mining, Syntactic/Semantic Tests for the data, and, finally, Establish a Reference-Point model for the Constructions. The four methods will be introduced one by one pointing out what has been already done and what needs to be done.
<Literature Review>
Before conducting the research on Korean dative-nominative-predicate constructions, the reference point model in Cognitive Grammar has to be understood clearly. We should also examine which constructions exploit the reerence point relations in English and other languages.
One of the central claims of cognitive grammar is that lexical, morphological, and syntactic structures form a continuum; they are all considered as the same symbolic units having phonological and semantic structures. The symbolic units are analyzed with basic cognitive abilities which are basic descriptive constructs of cognitive grammar, such as profiling, focal participants (trajector and landmark), and reference point ability. The basic notions such as profiling, trajector/landmark, and reference-point relation are first introduced and how the reference point model explains various structures of English and other languages is explained (see the proposal for specific details). However, more examples from other languages which use the reference point relations have yet to be reviewed referring to Cienki (1995), Kumashiro and Langacker (2003), García-Miguel and Comesaña (2004), Smith (2006), and Machida (2008). Thus, the papers will be reviewed from May through June 2016.
<Corpus Data Mining>
Corpus Data observation has not been done yet. It will be conducted from June through August 2016. In the proposal I illustrate what would be the good candidates of the dative-nominative-predicate construction, referring to I. Kim (2009). In the appendix he introduces corpus data of dative-subject constructions with psych-adjectives such as cilwuhata, mwusepta, caymissta, and so on, and some of them are given in the proposal.
<Syntactic/ Semantic tests for the data>
Tests for syntactic distinction between the goal construction and the dative subject constructions have been done in previous research. But the important task for the proposed research will be exploring the fuzzy boundaries of the two constructions, through a review of their different syntactic behaviors. Some of the ambiguity in delineation is newly observed by the researcher and is introduced in the proposal. Further exploration will be conducted from August through November 2016.
<Establishment of Reference-Point Model for the Construction>
The foundation on which to establish the reference point model for constructions is not yet set, but I am going to describe a conjecture here which can be a hypothesis to test observations against. This will be done from December 2016 through January 2017.
The reference point relations show how the dat-nom-pred constructions form a continuum. In the goal construction, a locative expression with a dative marker serves as a reference point for search of a target. When a target is approaching, the reference point provides the domain of search for the target. At the end of the target's movement, the target is included in the domain of the reference point so that it can be accessed or searched via the reference point. A dative-marked subject in dative subject constructions is a reference point for target nominals and propositions. See the research proposal for the detailed analysis.