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Partitive descriptions in Korean
- Source :
- Glossa: a journal of general linguistics; Vol 2, No 1 (2017); 5, Glossa, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Open Library of the Humanities, 2017.
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Abstract
- This paper examines Korean partitive constructions to investigate the typology of the partitive structure. In Korean, a quantifier precedes the nominal in a non-partitive, but it follows the nominal in a partitive. The relative order between a quantifier and its associated nominal indicates that a quantifier in Korean partitive does not function as a NP adjunct but takes a DP as its argument. I argue that Korean postnominal (floating) quantifier constructions can be interpreted as partitives or pseudo-partitives/quantitatives because a postnominal (floating) quantifier denoting a part-of relation can occur with a kind-denoting DP as well as a definite DP. I also propose that a quantifier denoting a part-of relation is associated with the argument of a verb via composition with a verbal predicate in the floating quantifier construction. This approach can provide an account for several idiosyncratic properties of floating quantifier constructions, which are difficult to capture under the assumption that a floating quantifier construction is derived by moving a quantifier away from its associated nominal. This article is part of the Special Collection: Partitives
- Subjects :
- classifier languages
060201 languages & linguistics
Discrete mathematics
Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
P101-410
Linguistics and Language
floating quantifiers
partitives
05 social sciences
semantics, syntax
Verb
06 humanities and the arts
050105 experimental psychology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics
Partitive
Predicate (grammar)
Adjunct
0602 languages and literature
pseudo-partitives
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23971835
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Volume 2
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f46e8f852665a085543265b9e14dae20
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.143