This study re-examined the issues of Korean binding domain investigated in the previous studies (Kim and Yoon 2009, Kim 2013) by testing the validity of Tensed S Condition (TSC) in Korean binding. Hypothesizing that Korean TSC-violating anaphors are indeed exempt anaphors, the current study is designed to fix the problems of the previous studies. Twenty seven Korean native speakers were tested over Acceptability Judgment Task combined with Interpretation Task composed of 155 Korean sentences representing various binding conditions and Korean local anaphors. Overall results showed that Korean native speakers treat sentences with TSC-violating anaphors similarly to those with SSC-violating anaphors rather than the sentences representing local binding, which means that TSC-violating local anaphors are licensed as exempt anaphors in Korean, not core anaphors.

• Ji-Hye Kim(Soongsil University)