Post-nominal Particles Functioning as NPIs in Korean

hasunjung (하선정); Taeho Kim (김태호)

Post-nominal Particles Functioning as NPIs in Korean

인문논총
2015, 36(), pp.117-134
Publisher : Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
Published : February 28, 2015

hasunjung ¹, Taeho Kim ¹

¹부산대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to suggest a new approach to the investigation of negative polarity itemsin Korean. We have proposed that post-nominal particles such as -to, -pakkey, and -cocha(to) may need to betreated as NPIs rather than as concession markers or as mere particles. The study categorizes NPIs in Koreanlargely into two different groups, namely NPIs occurring as post-nominal particles and those appearing in lexicalforms. For NPIs in the form of post-nominal particles, it argues that some function in two different ways. For example, there are two different uses of the particle -to in Korean, i.e. an NPI and a mere additive marker. Therefore, only the one that is used as an NPI in a negative construction should be treated as an instance ofNPI, and the one that does not appear in a negative sentence needs to be regarded as a mere additive marker. This study also discusses when and how some expressions in a positive construction can function as NPIs insteadof PPIs.

KEYWORDS

concession marker, free choice, negative polarity items, polarity items, post-nominal particle, semantic polarity

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.

[journal] Ahn, H. / 2007 / On the distribution of NPIs / National Language Semantics 15(4) : 317~350

[journal] Choi, K. / 2001 / The semantic analysis of scalar additive focus particles in Korean / Korean Linguistics 14 : 359~377

[journal] 정대호 / 2003 / Melting the Frozen Scope and Some Related Issues / 현대문법연구 / 현대문법학회 (34) : 117~139

[journal] Chung, D. / 1997 / On the semantic taxonomy of negative polarity triggers / Harvard Studies In Korean Linguistics 7 : 243~253

[journal] 홍민표 / 2010 / On Some Semantic and Pragmatic Properties of Negative Polarity Items and Questions / 언어연구 / 언어정보연구소 27(3) : 557~579

[confproc] Kim, S. / 2013 / Acquisition of scrambling of negative polarity items (NPIs) by heritage Korean speakers / Proceedings of the 12th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference : 60~75

[journal] 김애령 / 2014 / Questions on Yes/No-Question as an NPI-Licensor in Korean / 인문논총 / 인문과학연구소 33 : 47~65

[thesis] Ladusaw, W. / 1979 / Polarity Sensitivity as Inherent Scope Relations / Doctor / University of Texas at Austin

[book] Ladusaw, W. / 1996 / The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory / Blackwell : 321~341

[journal] Lee, C. / 1996 / Negative polarity items in English and Korean / Language Sciences 18(1-2) : 503~552

[confproc] Lee, C. / 1997 / Negative polarity and free choice: Where do they come from? / Proceedings of the 11th Amsterdam Colloquium / ILLC 11 : 217~222

[book] Lee, S. / 2000 / Language and Meaning: Understanding Modern Semantics / CSLI

[journal] Linebarger, M. / 1987 / Negative polarity and grammatical representation / Linguistics Philosophy 10 : 325~387

[book] Nam, S. / 1994 / Dynamics, Polarity, and Quantification / CSLI Publication : 3~16

[journal] Nam, S. / 1998 / A typology of negative polarity items and their licensing conditions in Korean / Linguistics 22 : 217~244

[book] Progovac, L. / 1994 / Negative and Positive Polarity: A Binding Approach / Cambridge University Press

[journal] Rooy, R. / 2003 / Negative polarity items in questions: Strength as relevance / Journal of Semantics 20(3) : 239~273

[book] Sells, P. / 2001 / Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics, 9 : 3~22

[book] Sohn, H. / 1999 / The Korean Language / Cambridge University Press

[book] Zwarts, F. / 1998 / Plurality and Quantification / Kluwer : 177~238

KJCKorea
Journal Central

인문논총 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.42