Open AccessQuantifiers, Binding, and Agreement
Author(s) -
Nam Mi Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
study in english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-9740
pISSN - 2329-311X
DOI - 10.22158/selt.v9n3p33
Subject(s) - plural , anaphora (linguistics) , feature (linguistics) , linguistics , variable (mathematics) , point (geometry) , mathematics , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , type (biology) , agreement , reading (process) , psychology , computer science , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , philosophy , resolution (logic) , social psychology , mathematical analysis , ecology , geometry , biology
The main goal of this paper is to argue that Korean pronouns must be phi-feature-compatible with their antecedents, whereas Korean reflexives are not. It is worth pointing out that Korean pronouns are sensitive to the number feature, whereas Korean anaphors are not. A major point to note is that every-type QPs have a Q feature that is plural in its number, whereas which-type QPs have an optional Q-feature that is singular or plural in number. A further point to note is that Korean pronouns are sensitive to phi-features, which is in accordance with Safir’s (2014) hypothesis that “D-bound anaphora must be feature-compatible with its antecedent”. With respect to Korean pronouns, it is worth noting that Safir’s hypothesis does not work for Korean pronouns since they induce a bound variable reading through the phi-feature agreement. Finally, it is significant to note that Korean anaphors are not feature-compatible with antecedents and that they yield a bound variable reading regardless of their phi-features.