On the Locus of Negative Polarity Licensing in Korean: At Spec Domain or at Spec of NegP?

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Daeho Chung
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제104호, 1~29쪽, 전체 29쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.12.24

영문 초록

Observing some asymmetries in cross-clausal negative polarity licensing in Korean, Lee (2017) proposes that, under the SVO word order hypothesis (Kayne 1994), negative polarity items (NPIs) are licensed at the “Spec domain” of a negated predicate, rather than being regulated by the clause mate condition (CMC, Choe 1988, Lee 1994, Sohn 1995, Kim 1995, Chung 2006, a.o.). This paper argues, however, that Lee’s Spec domain approach faces some non-trivial difficulties and that a CMC-based theory like Sohn’s (1995) in terms of NPI movement to Spec of NegP more appropriately accommodates the cross-clausal NPI licensing facts.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Lee’s (2017) Spec Domain Account

3. Problems with the Spec Domain Approach

4. Polarity Licensing at Spec of NegP

5. An Alternative Approach: A Predicate+Predicate Reanalysis

6. Conclusion

키워드

negative polarity item (NPI) Spec domain clausemate condition prosody scope interaction