@article{ART002853677},
author={Park, Yugyeong},
title={The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.},
journal={Korean Semantics},
issn={1226-7198},
year={2022},
volume={76},
pages={134-164}

TY - JOUR
AU - Park, Yugyeong
TI - The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.
JO - Korean Semantics
PY - 2022
VL - 76
IS - null
PB - The Society Of Korean Semantics
SP - 134
EP - 164
SN - 1226-7198
AB - This paper mainly aims to investigate the interpretation of relevance conditionals in Korean. To this end, an acceptability judgment test was conducted on Korean native speakers, and the results show that Korean speakers accept relevance conditionals only when the consequent clause provides relevant information with respect to the action-relevant decision problem derived from the antecedent clause. Given this finding, this paper suggests the interpretation of Korean relevance conditionals based on the Kratzerian interpretation method of ordinary indicative conditionals with some modifications for Korean relevance conditionals. Under the current analysis, it is assumed that the antecedent clause functions as a restrictor of a modal base, just like ordinary conditional clauses. Also, it is claimed that a (potential) action-relevant decision problem is derived from the antecedent clause, and as a result, the addressee’s desire to solve the decision problem by deciding which action should be performed ranks at the top of the addressee’s effective preference; then the consequent clause provides information that helps the addressee to choose the best action among the possible actions that compose the decision problem.
KW - Relevance Conditionals;Modal Restrictor;Effective Preference;Action-relevant decision problem;Acceptability
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Park, Yugyeong. (2022). The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.. Korean Semantics, 76, 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. 2022, "The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.", Korean Semantics, vol.76, pp.134-164.

Park, Yugyeong "The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals." Korean Semantics 76 pp.134-164 (2022) : 134.

Park, Yugyeong. The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.. 2022; 76 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. "The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals." Korean Semantics 76(2022) : 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.. Korean Semantics, 76, 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.. Korean Semantics. 2022; 76 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals.. 2022; 76 134-164.

Park, Yugyeong. "The meaning of ‘relevance’: Korean native speakers’ acceptance judgment and interpretation of relevance conditionals." Korean Semantics 76(2022) : 134-164.