Open AccessVerbal suffix-repetition construction in Korean: A constraint- and construction-based approach
Author(s) -
Sae Youn Cho,
Na hyun Ku
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2012.4
Subject(s) - suffix , verb , linguistics , dependent clause , predicate (mathematical logic) , construction grammar , constraint (computer aided design) , repetition (rhetorical device) , computer science , mathematics , natural language processing , sentence , philosophy , geometry , programming language
There are variousVerbal Suffix-Repetition (VSR) constructions in Korean, where suffixes such as -kena/tun(ci)/tun(ka) are attached to the repeated verbs. Calling the VSR Choice-denying Repeated Verbsconstruction, Lee (2011) claims that the following verb of the VSR, which can be replaced with mal-,should contain a negative but the preceding verb should be affirmative in the VSR construction whichdisallows any NPI within it. Unlike Lee (2011), we claim that the verbs in the VSR can freely occureither in the preceding position or in the following one regardless of their Neg value so long asthey share the same verbal suffix forms such as -tun(ka). Furthermore, NPIs may occur within the VSRconstruction if they occur with a negative predicate within the same clause. To implement thefindings above into HPSG, we have proposed the two lexical entries for mal-, the VSR ConstructionRule, and the NPI Clause-mate Constraint. These tools enable us to account for the idiosyncraticproperties of the VSR constructions under this constraint- and construction-based approach.