Korean deadjectival inchoatives and measure phrases: a compositional studyKorean deadjectival inchoatives and measure phrases: a compositional study
- Other Titles
- Korean deadjectival inchoatives and measure phrases: a compositional study
- Authors
- 임동식
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- 한국언어정보학회
- Keywords
- deadjectival inchoatives; directed motion construction; measure phrases; comparatives
- Citation
- 언어와 정보, v.20, no.1, pp.73 - 91
- Journal Title
- 언어와 정보
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 73
- End Page
- 91
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/8783
- ISSN
- 1226-7430
- Abstract
- Korean adjectives in general cannot combine with measure phrases (MP), but MPs are compatible with adjectives when they appear with the inchoative morpheme -(e)ci. In this case, MPs can only denote the difference between two states along the dimension denoted by the root adjective. To account for this, this paper proposes that i) -(e)ci is a spell-out of V in the directed motion construction which takes an abstract path argument, like become, and ii) this path argument contains a comparative morpheme. By assuming this we can explain why MPs appear with -(e)ci, as well as other interesting phenomena such as variable telicity in deadjectival verbs with –(e)ci.
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