Language and Information (한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보)
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.81-120
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- 1998
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
Proto-Role Theory and the Accusative Case Marker ul/lul in Korean
Abstract
The case marking phenomenon in Korean is closely related to semantic entailment and should be studied as an interface between syntax and semantics. Assuming a direct mapping between syntactic realization and semantic information, this study investigates the role of the accusative marker ul/lul in Korean, and explores the semantic constraints working on the argument realization on the basis of proto-roles hypothesis. Specifically, I will study various types of case alternations in Korean and clarify the role of the accusative marker ul/lul, which manifests the distinction between direct object NPs and oblique NPs.
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