Language and Information (한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.42-78
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- 1998
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
The Distribution and Meaning of the NPI te isang
부정극어 더이상의 분포와 의미-특히 부정함축술어와 관련하여-
Abstract
This paper proposes a semantics of the Korean NPI te isang 'anymore', which occurs in negative contexts. The NPI te isang is characterized, in Zwarts's(1990) term, as a strong NPI which requires an anti-additive function as its licensor. It is also noted that te isang is licensed by 'implied negative predicates' such as shilheha-'hate' and phokiha-'give up' only when it occurs within a clausal argument of the implied negative predicates. This fact is accounted for in terms of the function-argument structure and the scope relation between the NPI te isang and the implied negative predicates involved.
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