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Kang, Beom-mo. 2011. Semantic Prosodies of Adjective and Nouns. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 1-23. This paper is intended to introduce, discuss, and apply the concept of ‘semantic prosody’, which has been extensively discussed in current corpus linguistics research. Semantic prosodies are positive and negative, connotational, evaluative meaning flavors over words, phrases, clauses and sentences. We collect data of semantic prosodies with respect to Korean adjectives and nouns on the basis of (extended) Sejong Morph-Analysis Corpus, a 15 million-word Korean words morphologically analyzed. Each of the adjectives appearing in the corpus is assigned positive/negative/neutral prosody (by three experts). After showing the general properties of semantic prosodies over Korean adjectives, we consider Adj + Noun (modification) constructions and describe aspects of combinations of positive/negative adjectives and nouns along with the resulting prosodies. (Korea University)

Kwak, Eun-Joo. 2011. Contrasted Meanings of Motun and On in Korean. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 25-47. Two universal quantifiers motun and on in Korean show similar distributivity in the quantification of non-collection terms, but they are distinct in the quantification of collection terms and proper terms. To capture the partial similarity, diverse patterns of distributivity are discussed for sentences with the quantifiers. Based on Kwak (2010), it is concluded that different distributivity between motun and on hinges on the additional restriction of integration on on and that apparent diverse distributivity with on is attributed to intricate mapping relations between groups and members in an interpretation domain. (Sejong University)

Kim, Dae-Ik. 2011. Derivations of Old English Constructions and Word Order Change. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 49-68. A standard view of the historical development of English word order involves the shift from OV in Old English to VO in the Middle/Present English. However ,in this article, with a great deal of surface VO order already in Old English the basic word order in Old English is assumed to be VO like that of the Present English. Thus the change of word order from Old English to the Present English is attributed to the difference of the phase in speakers' internalized grammar; Old English with lack of functional categories of TP and vP has only a CP phase whereas the Present English has CP and vP as phases, with TP and vP functional categories added. Thus assuming that in Old English modal verbs(AUX) and main verbs (V) occupied the same V-position, one of both must move out of the vP due to the LCA which requires the linear order each other for interpreting them in the interface levels, deriving AUX-V order or V-AUX order. With additional object raising we can show how the word orders in Old English were derived. Thus it is argued that word order pattern in the history of English paces with the notion that a monadic phase(CP-VP) has been branched off into a dyadic phase(CP-TP, vP-VP). In the Middle English where a monadic phase was being changed to a dyadic phase, the speakers were confused about which phase should be accepted. Thus the sentences with three different verb positions with the same meaning appeared at that time. (YoungSan University)

Kim, Hyung-Sun & Heine, Bernd. 2011. Native and Non-native Use of Existential There in CMC. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 69-91. This study is an attempt to locate differences in language use between native speakers and Korean learners of English through the existential there constructions occurring in a series of computer-mediated communication (CMC). The data examined were collected from a semester-long CMC interaction held as a supplementary activity of coursework which was jointly offered by a Korean and a US university. Students discussed the course subject through an asynchronous Internet bulletin board system. The discussions were compiled to construct two comparable corpora of native and non-native language use. The existential there constructions were examined for frequency, collocation with verbs, and extensions etc. as appeared in both data. There was no notable difference in word frequency, but some important distinctions in other features were identified: the native use of the construction showed more flexibility in positioning adverbials, and more complexity both in combining with verbs and in the extension of notional subject. More “intermediate items” of there reflecting the dynamics of the morpheme are found in native samples. The last part of the finding is related to the grammaticalization account of language change. (Chonnam National University & University of Cologne)

Takachi, Tomonari. 2011. An Essay on the Meaning Structure of '-keyss-' from the Polysemy View. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 93-116. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the meaning structure of the pre-final ending '-keyss-' from the polysemy view. In effect '-keyss-' represents modal, temporal, aspectual and pragmatic meanings in sentences. Literature based on monosemy view regarded a semantic feature 'irrealis', 'non-real', or 'unreal' as the core meaning of '-keyss-', but this perspective is an implausible result. We think that the various meanings of '-keyss-' doesn't share unitary underspecified meaning, but they forms a meaning chain like the family resemblance. Adopting a Cognitive Linguistic framework, and building on Sweeter(1990), we have come to a conclusion that the epistemic meaning of '-keyss-' is extended from the deontic or dynamic meanings of that as the result of the metaphorical mapping. (Woosong University)

Bae, Hee Sook & Kim, Hyun-Ki. 2011. Study on the Conceptual Distribution of the Lexical Units in Korean Picture Vocabulary Test for Children from 2 Years to 8 Years 11 Months. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 117-131. This work presents a part of the general project that aims at establishing a concept-based children vocabulary. For this general project, we first studied on the concept distribution and conceptual depth of 112 lexical units of Korean Picture Vocabulary Test for children from 2 years to 8 years 11 months by using the conceptual system of KAIST lexical semantic network(Choi & Bae, 2004). Through the work, the corresponding concept of each lexical unit was matched and we could observe their distribution in a conceptual system. In the conceptual depth analysis, difficulty level of lexical unit and depth was positively correlated. However, this positive correlation could not be applied for sister terms having the same concept: ‘머리카락(hair)’ and ‘모발(hair)’. Furthermore, this work can be used for establishing a concept-based vocabulary for children, especially for the language therapy for developmental language disorder. (Daegu University, Chonbuk National University)

Yoon, YoungEun. 2011. The English Resultative and Experiential Perfects: A Reply to Mittwoch (2008). Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 133-155. Mittwoch (2008) analyzes the meanings and distributional restrictions of the English Resultative and Experiential perfects. She proposes that the Resultative perfect derives the so-called "event" and "result" inferences, and that the former is part of the truth conditional meaning of the sentence while the latter is a special type of conventional implicature. She also states that the event denoted by the Experiential perfect should be repeatable, whereas the one by the Resultative perfect sentence is singular and close to the evaluation time, and it has the result state inference. However, she proposes that these generalizations could be violated depending on the context, and especially the lack of the result state inference of a perfect is led to its Experiential use regardless of its event singularity. Given these, this paper points out some problems of Mittwoch's analysis including her distinctions between Weak and Strong Resultatives, and between Resultatives and Experientials. Furthermore, it will be argued that Resultatives and Experientials are distinguished by explicature, not by the existence of the result state inference, and that the result state inference is a conversational implicature, not a conventional implicature. (Ewha Womans University)

Yoon, Jeong-Me. 2011. Double Relativization in Korean - An Explanation Based on the Processing Approach to Island Effects. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 157-193. Certain instances of double relativization are possible in Korean, and one syntactic explanation for it is that they are derived from multiple subject constructions without violating the CNPC and that they thus do not pose a problem for the null operator movement analysis of relativization (Han and Kim 2004). Despite its merit of capturing the strong correlation in the acceptability of DRCs and their MSC counterparts, this account has many counterexamples and its explanatory power is limited in that it can explain only the DRCs in Korean. In this paper, I propose an account which does not suffer from the kind of problems a purely syntactic account like Han and Kim has but can still capture the strong correlation between DRCs and MSCs. In short, my claim is that such an account can be found if we take a processing approach to island effects. (Myongji University)

Lee, Sechang. 2011. A Study of Feature Economy on First Consonant Shift in the Germanic Obstruent System. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 195-213. The purpose of this paper is to provide a new perspective on the First Consonant Shift, typically called Grimm's Law by revisiting previous important approaches in the literature. I claim that the sound change in question is motivated not by any ‘illegal category’ in the sense of Lass and Anderson(1975) but by the tendency to maximize the use of certain distinctive feature in the obstruent system as a whole. It will be shown that each set of shifts is driven by universal constraints requiring symmetrical and economical organization of the whole obstruent system in terms of relevant features. In other words, the assumption presented in this paper constitutes a departure from the standard type of previous analyses in that each set of shifts is not triggered by a markedness constraints of any individual segments but by a markedness constraint of the obstruent system per se requiring symmetry and economy. It will be claimed that there were local re-ranking of two faithfulness constraints during each period of the First Consonant Shift. In a nutshell, the consonant is characterized as a process of system-internal adjustments which constantly tries to fill in the gaps in the system. (Sookmyung Women's University)

Lee, Shinsook, Joh, Jeongsoon, Lim, Injae, & Ko, Hyunsook. 2011. The Production of English Sounds by Early Learners with Different English Learning Experience. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 215-241. This study investigated the production of English stop and fricative sounds by conducting on-line experiments on three groups of Korean children with different English-learning experience. More specifically, to examine the effect of different L2 experience on L2 sound production, 23 Korean EFL children, 21 bilingual returnees, and 19 ESL children produced 32 English nonce words. Their average age was 9.3. Nonce words consisted of 8 stops and 24 voiceless fricatives beginning with either the alveolar stop /t/ or /d/ (e.g., tilwerk, tolmick, dilwerk, dolmick) or one of the fricatives /f/, /ɵ/, /s/, and /š/ (e.g., findert ,thindert, simbert, shipkin; farbin ,tharbin, soltem, sholtem). The results showed that the learners’ different English-learning experience had an impact on the production of English sounds, as the ESL children outperformed the bilingual returnees, who in turn outperformed the EFL children. Moreover, the results indicated that target sounds’ manners and places of articulation and the following vowel contexts influenced the production of English consonants by the children. Further, different patterns of substitution were obtained depending on the children’s different L2 experience. L1 interference and markedness were also shown to play a role in the production of L2 sounds. The role of perception in L2 production and its implications for L2 production were also discussed. (Korea University, Konkuk University & Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)

Jung, Duk-Ho & Kim, Jeong-Seok. 2011. On the Light Preposition Hypothesis. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 243-260. This paper deals with the hypothesis for light preposition projections in English. We argue that the null light preposition p is responsible for licensing accusative Case of the complement DPs in PPs, extending Chomsky’s (1995) argument for the null light verb v. Following Svenonius (2003), we claim that there are lexical instances of light prepositions in English, such as from and to, which can motivate the postulation of pP, contrary to some agreement projection (Bošković 2004b). As an extension, we argue that small clause PPs are in fact IPs headed by a null inflection with an obligatory [+EPP]. (Korea University)

Joh, Yoon-kyoung. 2011. A Contextual Variable for the Pluralization Operator. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 261-280. This paper mainly examines intermediate distributivity that works on subpluralities in the realm of plurality as well as non-maximality, focusing on how a pluralization operator can cope with them. In essence, I claim that the pluralization operator without a variable that sorts out the contextual information fails to make enough interpretational distinctions in natural languages. Therefore, I propose that the pluralization operator that explains not only all types of distributivity but also plurality must contain a contextual variable such as Cover. Having the contextual variable inside the pluralization operator brings us three merits. First, it allows us to formally approach how we get readings involving (sub)-pluralities as well as atomic entities in the use of a plural. Even more, implanting a contextual variable is also a necessary step for reciprocity that is closely related to plurality. Lastly, designing the pluralization operator to accompany a contextual variable leads us to capture the complete picture of the correspondence between plurality and distributivity, the most crucial fact that Landman advocates. (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Chai, Myong-Hi. 2011. Presenting Korean Personal Names in International Contexts: Focusing on the Cases of Other Countries. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 281-306. The purpose of this study is to attempt to suggest a "communicatable" way of presenting Korean personal names in various international contexts using the English alphabet. Koreans are currently using various formats of Romanized names, which can lead to confusion among non-Koreans. Considering Romanized names are needed for better communication with non-Koreans unfamiliar with Korean name formats, we argue that top priority should go to reducing possible confusion. For that purpose, we first explore various formats of world names and then examine how other countries with different name formats present their names in international contexts. Based on that examination, we suggest that the given name should be represented as one unit (as in 'Kilsun' or 'Kil-Sun'). As to the order of the names, we suggest three possible options, i.e. the 'Given name > Family name' order (as in 'Kilsun Hong'), the 'Family name, > Given name' order (as in 'Hong, Kilsun', in certain written contexts), and capitalization of the family name (as in 'HONG Kilsun' or 'Kilsun HONG', again in certain written contexts). Furthermore, we suggest that, in the case that certain conventions or rules are already set down, people should be allowed to follow them. (Chosun University College of Science & Technology)