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“Raising to Object Constructions in Korean.” Studies in English Language & Literature 37.4 (2011): 235-55. Korean has Raising to Object constructions that a nominative marked embedded subject can be an optionally accusative marked NP. This paper aims to survey which position the accusative marked NP occupies in the surface. I propose that the accusative marked NP is in a matrix A-position in the surface and that the accusative marked NP is base-generated at the lower clause edge position. In section 2, I present the accusative marked NP occupies some position higher than the CP containing the overt complementizer –ko. In section 3, I show the accusative marked NP occupying the position above the CP cannot be linked to its thematic position via movement, and thus it must be base-generated there in Control constructions. In section 4, I suggest this accusative marked NP’s base-generated position cannot be the matrix object position, but must be a part of embedded clause at the Spec of CP2, being higher than CP1. (Konyang University)