Language and Information (한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보)
- Volume 19 Issue 2
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- Pages.109-125
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- 2015
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
Two Semantic Types of Korean Sluicing Constructions
슬루싱의 두 가지 의미 유형
- Wee, Hae-Kyung (Dankook University)
- 위혜경 (단국대학교)
- Received : 2015.12.03
- Accepted : 2015.12.23
- Published : 2015.12.31
Abstract
In this study, I attempt to show two points about Korean sluicing. First, the semantic source of the null subject of the copula phrase in Korean sluicing is a null pronoun. This null subject pronoun may refer to either the antecedent indefinite individual or the antecedent event of the preceding clause. Second, depending on the presence/absence of postpositions in the remant wh-phrase, sluicing constructions are classified into two different semantic types: i) an equative clause and ii) a predicational clause.