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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2022.22.10.074

An Autonomous Modular Account of Double Accusatives  

Kim, Kyunghwan (경기대학교 영어영문학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.22, no.10, 2022 , pp. 74-82 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide a multi-modular account of double accusative constructions in Korean in the framework of Autolexical Grammar. The grammar views syntactic, semantic, and morphological structures of sentences as modules which are generated simultaneously and independently. Unlike syntactocentric theories, this paper analyzes semantic characteristics of double accusatives through function-argument (F/A) structure along with roles structure (RS) and information structure (IS). In F/A structure of double accusatives, the first accusative becomes an argument of a predicate, unlike the possessive, which is an argument of a relational noun. Furthermore, the first accusative of double accusatives takes the role of patient in RS, which allows it to become the subject of a passive sentence. On the other hand, the second accusative, which is originally the possessee, becomes a focal area in IS. Therefore, the purpose of double accusatives is twofold: one is to turn the possessor into an independent argument of a predicate which takes patient role, and the other is to turn the possessee into a focus. Such semantic characteristics of double accusatives can be expressed by means of multi-dimensional structures of F/A structure, RS, and IS of Autolexical Grammar, which allows an integrated account of the phenomenon.
Keywords
Autolexical Grammar; Double Accusatives; Function-Argument Structure; Role Structure; Information Structure; Focus;
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