The Nature of Indeterminate Expressions in Chinese and Korean: Focused on Wh-phrases in Conditionals
- Title
- The Nature of Indeterminate Expressions in Chinese and Korean: Focused on Wh-phrases in Conditionals
- Author
- 정대호
- Keywords
- indeterminates; bare wh-conditional; (c)overt wh-movement; ATB wh-movement; co-varying; subordinating conjunction
- Issue Date
- 2019-12
- Publisher
- 서울대학교 언어교육원
- Citation
- 어학연구, v. 55, No. 3, Page. 479-506
- Abstract
- In this paper, we argue that indeterminates in so-called bare wh-conditionals of
Chinese are not ordinary indefinites but wh-indefinites. Thus, they are subject to
overt ATB-fashion wh-movement, with its tail copy ultimately being realized rather
than being licensed via unselective binding by the universal operator, as proposed
in Cheng and Huang (1996). We ascribe the co-varying interpretation between the
two wh-indefinites in the two antecedent and consequent clauses to the property of
the covert form of subordinate conjunction, which can only unify identically
interpreted conjoined elements. On the other hand, Korean wh-indefinites are not
subject to overt wh-movement but enter into Agree with the Q marker for their
licensing. Thus, in the Korean counterpart of bare wh-conditionals, the wh-indefinite
in the antecedent clause is referred back to by the anaphoric expression in the
subsequent clause that serves as an E-type pronoun, such as a demonstrative (plus
the wh-indefinite) or a argument. It is to be underscored that, owing to the lack
of overt wh-movement, the two wh-indefinites in Korean cannot be anaphorically
linked via ATB wh-movement.
- URI
- https://www.elanguageresearch.org/archive/view_article?doi=10.30961/lr.2019.55.3.479https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/122320
- ISSN
- 0254-4474; 2586-7113
- DOI
- 10.30961/lr.2019.55.3.479
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