Overt Wh-Word Fronting in Korean Revisited

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: YoungSik Choi
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제101호, 19~40쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.02.28

영문 초록

The nature of fronted wh-words in Korean type languages has been a topic of great controversy, with the widely held assumption being that they behave in a uniform fashion (Hoji 1985, Saito 1989, Takahashi 1993, 1994, Choe 1994, Cheng 1997, Bošković 1999). I challenge this common view, following the original proposal by Choi (2007b), claiming that the fronted wh-words in Korean are a heterogeneous set in that indefinite wh-words constitute focus movement, whereas the non-indefinite adjunct wh-word way ‘why’ is wh-movement. The heterogeneous nature of the fronted wh-words nicely deals with the contrast in superiority and wh-island effects along with the contrast in the cleft construction.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Nature of Wh-Words in Korean

3. Nature of Fronted Wh-Word in Korean

4. Cheng’s (1997) Clause Typing Hypothesis

6. Conclusion

키워드

indefinite cleft adjunct wh-word non-indefinite focus