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The wh-questions formation has been studied typologically across various languages. Within the Principle and Parameter (P&P) by Chomsky (1981), it has long been suggested that wh-phrases licences the relation to some clause-peripheral Xo positions referred to as a C[+Q]. In many languages, this type of obligatory dependency is analysed as movement between the position in which a wh-phrase is understood to be base-generated and the Spec of the C. In some languages, like Chinese and Japanese, wh-phrases do not have to be moved in overt syntax. Also, other languages do not move the wh-phrases into Spec of the C, but the position to the left of V. Jayaseelan (2004) argues that in some languages, wh-phrases are moved into the Spec of a Focus Phrase immediately above vP, which is the TP-Internal Focus position. Accordingly, I propose a TP-Internal Focus Probe in Korean wh-questions. Since Korean wh-phrases sometimes undergo wh-movement and whereas they sometimes stay in-situ, focus probe ([-Focus]) enters into Agree only with wh-phrases containing [+Focus] features, which is its goal. Then, it fulfills Probe-Goal Union (PGU) and as a result, it demonstrates that only wh-phrases with [+Focus] features undergo wh-movement in Korean.

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I. Introduction
 II. Some Properties of Wh-Movement
  2.1. Wh-feature
  2.2. Q-Particle
  2.3. Focus feature
 III. Wh-Movement as Focus Movement into Spec of TP
  3.1. Wh-movement as Focus Movement
  3.2. Wh-movement into Spec of TP
 IV. The Proposal: TP-Internal Focus Probe
  4.1. The Optional Selection of C in Korean
  4.2. TP-Internal Focus Probe in Korean
 V. Conclusion
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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저자

• Koh, Sungran [ 고성란 | UC Santa Barbara ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810