Korean Specificational Pseudoclefts as Caseless Focus Nominal Extraction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21398693
AutoresDongwoo Park (0000-0003-2681-5366, Department of English Language and Literature Korea National Open University Main Building 318, 86 Daehak‐ro, Jongno‐gu Seoul Korea, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen75
Número3
Páginas538-574
Fecha de publicación2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudia Linguistica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0039-3193 • E-ISSN: 1467-9582
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/stul.12169
OpenAlexW3197900489
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas34

Korean specificational pseudoclefts exhibit a paradox. On the one hand, anaphor binding facts indicate that the pivot (or an element co‐indexed with it) must originate in a position located within the presupposition CP. Nonetheless, specificational pseudoclefts appear to be island‐insensitive. To resolve this paradox, I propose an extraction analysis whereby only caseless focus nominals base‐generated in the complement position of verbs or in the left‐periphery of the presupposition CP may function as pivots, and reach their surface position. This proposal has several implications. First, caseless nominals are structurally reduced, when compared to case‐marked nominals containing a case projection. Second, caseless nominals base‐generated in the left‐periphery of CPs can be foci conveying contrastive (exhaustive) new information. Third, anaphor connectivity effects are tied to syntactic movement of focus phrases and reconstruction. Lastly, specificational pseudoclefts and copular constructions do not have the same underlying structure

Algorithm · Complement (music) · Focus (optics) · Linguistics · Physics · Position (finance) · Presupposition · Projection (relational algebra) · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation