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@article{ART001853392},
author={Jongil Kwon},
title={Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach},
journal={인문논총 },
issn={2005-6222},
year={2014},
volume={33},
pages={67-85}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jongil Kwon
TI - Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach
JO - 인문논총
PY - 2014
VL - 33
IS - null
PB - Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
SP - 67
EP - 85
SN - 2005-6222
AB - This paper explores the semantic nature of Korean bare NPs affixed by certain nominal markers suchas the topic –nun, the nominative –ga, the accusative –lul, and the null case -ø. It is quite clear that the specificityinterpretation of Korean bare NPs correlates with their nominal markers. I propose here that depending ontheir semantic strength, the nominal markers can be classified into three subtypes; namely, strong, weak, andweakest. The strong marker -nun, in particular, always triggers a specific reading of bare NPs while the weakestmarker -ø can never get a specific reading. The weak markers, -ga and –lul, can induce either a specific readingor a non-specific reading, according to the previous discourse context. On the other hand, I presents a phasebasedmultiple spellout approach to the specificity of bare NPs. Following Diesing’s (1992) MappingHypothesis, I assume that specific NPs are structurally higher than non-specific NPs. More specifically, I suggesthere that if a head of phase (e.g. C or little v) carries an uninterpretable strong feature (i.e. [-Spec]), everybare NP bearing a specificity feature should be internally merged to the edge of the phase, and hence it has aspecific reading. In contrast, bare NPs remaining in the spellout domain of a phase (e.g. TP or VP) must be interpretedas non-specific. That is, the spellout domain is an crucial semantic boundary between specific andnon-specific bare NPs.
KW - specificity;bare NP;nominal marker;Mapping Hypothesis;phase;spellout domain;specificity feature
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Jongil Kwon. (2014). Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach. 인문논총 , 33, 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. 2014, "Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach", 인문논총 , vol.33, pp.67-85.

Jongil Kwon "Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach" 인문논총 33 pp.67-85 (2014) : 67.

Jongil Kwon. Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach. 2014; 33 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. "Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach" 인문논총 33(2014) : 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach. 인문논총 , 33, 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach. 인문논총 . 2014; 33 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach. 2014; 33 67-85.

Jongil Kwon. "Korean Nominal Morphology and Specificity: A Phase-based Approach" 인문논총 33(2014) : 67-85.