This paper presents a non-raising and discourse-based approach to Korean ECM constructions. Against the popular view that matrix object of ECM is a result of SOR, it is suggested in this paper suggests that matrix object is a sentential contrastive Topic adjunct, which is base-generated in the matrix clause. It is thoroughly argued that the previous analyses based on obligatory or optional SOR are not entirely free from certain theoretical stipulations caused by the movement-related operations such as movement chain, case filter, and Projection Principle. These difficulties are mainly due to the fact that Korean ECM constructions have a fully projected embedded clause (i.e. CP), instead of defective TP. For example, the availability of overt or covert embedded subject in the ECM construction is one of the empirical drawbacks under the SOR analysis. On the other hand, a non-raising analysis provided here is based on the assumption that matrix object of Korean ECM is a sentential contrastive Topic adjunct, which has a prosodic prominence. The greatest advantage of our analysis is that it is totally free from all the syntactic problems shown in the previous analyses. In other words, matrix object of Korean ECM is not a result of either optional or obligatory SOR. As an alternative approach to the SOR analysis, a non-raising analysis of Korean ECM constructions is on better theoretical and empirical ground.
목차
I. Introduction II. Previous Analyses: Obligatory vs. Optional SOR 2.1 Obligatory SOR Analysis 2.2 Optional SOR Analysis III. Proposal: A Non-raising Approach to Korean ECM 3.1 Theory of Contrastive Topic 3.2 Proposal: Matrix Object as Sentential Contrastive Topic IV. Some Consequences of the Non-raising Analysis V. Conclusion Works Cited Abstract
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]