The syntax and semantics of noun modifiers and the theory of universal grammar : a Korean perspective /: a Korean perspective. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Min-Joo Kim.
• Authors: Kim, Min-Joo
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Setting the Stage; 1.2 Aims, Motivations, and the Gist of the Analysis to Be Proposed; 1.3 Organization; 1.4 Some Remarks on the Technical Terms to Be Used; 1.4.1 What It Means for an ADJ to Be Intersective, Subsective, Modal, or Privative; 1.4.2 On the Predicative Versus Adnominal/Attributive, Intersective Versus Non-intersective, and Restrictive Versus Non-restrictive Distinctions; References; 2 Adnominal Adjectival Classes in Korean; 2.1 Some Background on Korean 2.2 Major Korean Adjectival Classes and Their Characteristic Properties2.2.1 Adjectival Prefixes; 2.2.2 Adjectival Ns; 2.2.3 Attributive Determinatives; 2.2.4 Expressions Ending in -Cek; 2.2.5 UN-XPs; 2.2.6 RCs; 2.3 Summary and Discussion; 2.4 Conclusion; References; 3 Adjective Ordering Restrictions: The View from Korean; 3.1 Correlation Between the Morpho-Syntactic Complexity and the Interpretive Possibilities of an N Modifier; 3.2 Relative Ordering Among N Modifiers in Korean; 3.3 AOR on Simplex N Modifiers; 3.4 Relative Order Between DEM, NUM, and ADJ; 3.5 What to Make of Our Findings 3.6 ConclusionReferences; 4 A New Formal Analysis of AOR; 4.1 Lessons from Cinque (2010) and Larson (1998, 2000); 4.2 Lessons from Svenonius (2008) and Laenzlinger (2005); 4.2.1 Svenonius' (2008) Decompositional Analysis of DP; 4.2.2 Laenzlinger's (2005) Complex-DP Analysis; 4.3 The New Analysis; 4.3.1 Three-Way Classification of Nominals; 4.3.2 Three Types of N Modifiers and Three Merge Sites Inside DP; 4.3.3 The Full DP Internal Structure and a New Decompositional Split-DP Analysis; 4.3.4 Interim Summary; 4.4 Some Immediate Welcome Results of the New Analysis 4.5 More on the "Low" Origin of DEMs and the Position of FocP4.6 Summary; References; 5 Capturing the Korean Facts; 5.1 Application of the Proposed Analysis to Korean: Some Positive Outcomes; 5.2 Challenges for a Derivational Analysis; 5.2.1 Challenge 1: Surface Position of Certain UN-APs Relative to Other Lexical ADJs; 5.2.2 Challenge 2: Ordering Between RCs; 5.3 Solving the Problems by Adding an Output Filter; 5.3.1 Why Certain Lexical APs Surface in Such "Unexpected" Positions; 5.3.2 Ranking of the Constraints on AO in Korean 5.3.3 Solving the Problems Presented by Some UN-AP and ATT-DET/CEK-AP Co-occurrences5.3.4 Ordering Restrictions on FRCs in Korean; 5.3.5 An Attempt to Formally Derive the Ordering Restrictions on Korean RCs; 5.4 Why Co-occurring with Ku 'the/that' Engenders a Non-canonical ADJ Order; 5.4.1 The Cognitive Indexical Properties of Ku at Hand; 5.4.2 Formally Capturing the "Special" Properties of KU; 5.5 Summary; References; 6 Extensions, Refinements, and Prospects; 6.1 Ordering Restrictions on Mandarin FRCs; 6.2 Integrated Non-restrictive RCs in Mandarin and Korean
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 495.7045/54; Korean language -- Determiners; Korean language -- Grammar; Korean language -- Semantics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030058869; 3030058867
• Related ISBNs: 9783030058845; 3030058840
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 28, 2019).
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