Eunil Kim. 2000. A Grammar of Animacy. Studies in Modern Grammar 20, 71-96. This study discusses how the semantic domain of animacy is coded in syntax. This argues for the systematic coding of animacy in two different ways. First, the analysis of English and Korean grammars shows the systematic differences between them in animacy coding in all the linguistic levels of the grammars: Two different coding devices are used according to animacy in Korean while the same coding device is used regardless of animacy in English. Second, the typological study of 40 languages from all the language families also shows that grammars code aniamcy in a systematic way. Our study reveals that the typological differences in the case markings of associative and intstrumental, and the relationships between the types of case markings and inanimate subject constructions can nicely be accounted for in terms of animcay.

• 김은일 | Eun Il Kim