소위 강조구문과 "것"의 의미So-called Cleft Constructions in Korean and Some Meanings of "kes"
- Other Titles
- So-called Cleft Constructions in Korean and Some Meanings of "kes"
- Authors
- 염재일
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- 한국언어정보학회
- Keywords
- Korean pseudocleft; kes; plural; conjunction; specificational; identity statement; individual concept
- Citation
- 언어와 정보, v.18, no.2, pp.103 - 122
- Journal Title
- 언어와 정보
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 103
- End Page
- 122
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/16839
- ISSN
- 1226-7430
- Abstract
- In a so-called cleft (or, pseudocleft), the kes-phrase seems to refer to a person, even though kes is generally incompatible with human beings. In this paper, I claim that in a cleft, the kes-phrase can refer to a concept, and that a concept of human beings is not a person. I give some pieces of evidence for this claim.
In a cleft, the kes-phrase cannot be pluralized only when it is supposed to denote a human being. Moreover, in such a case, the NP before the copula cannot be interpreted as the meaning of a predicate. Furthermore, in a cleft two kes-phrases are not conjoined with (k)wa only when they seem to denote human beings. All the observations can be explained by the claim that the kes-phrase denotes a concept in such cases. A concept cannot be used as a predicate, pluralized, or conjoined to refer to objects that are subsumed under a concept. When the kes-phrase denotes a concept, the cleft sentence is an identity statement.
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