Chomsky`s (1986) theory of barriers is problematic since it attempts to explain both the CED and wh-island effects in an identical way. Ochi (1998, 1999) and Agbayani (1998, 1999) argue convincingly and independently, based on Chomsky`s (1995, fall class lectures) two-step movement hypothesis, that the CED effects should be accounted for by Move, whereas the wh-island effect should be handled by Attract. In this vein, this paper argues that the CED effects follow from Move, whereas the wh-island effect follows from Agree. In addition, it is argued that there is an Agree-Move parameter by which some languages such as Korean and Japanese tolerate Movement without Agree, against the claims of Chomsky (2000, 2001a, 2001b). As a consequence, it is shown why scrambling, unlike overt wh-movement, does not show relativized minimality effects.
Allege-class verbs superficially take V-NP-to infinitive complements like Exceptional Case Marking (henceforth, ECM)-, want-, and persuade-type verbs, featuring curious patterns which cannot be included in any of these three verb types. What is curious is that the allege-type verbs allow, as ECM verbs do, the expletive there, pronouns it/him, wh-traces and NP-traces for their infinitival subjects while, unlike ECM-verbs, excluding lexical NPs. The purpose of this article is to highlight the behavioral characteristics of the post-verb NP position of allege-type verbs in light of Chomsky`s (1998, 1999) recent phase-bound derivation theory and compare their behaviors, which may be characterized as "bizarre," with those of French/Italian ECM verbs.
Korean ECM constructions seem to give rise to many interesting problems with the minimalist program. Of these problems, we are mainly concerned with the following: (A) How is the ECMed NP/DP assigned accusative Case despite the fact that the clause containing it is supposed to be finite? (B) How can the ECMed NP/DP be affected by the accusative Case assigner though finite clauses are phases? Accessing answers to these problems, we will find out that some unknown properties of the embedded predicates in Korean ECM constructions are involved in the transitivity restriction, and that there is a derivational mechanism for determining whether given movement is A or A`.
Chomsky (2000) proposes that the operation Attract-F of Chomsky (1995) be replaced by the operation Agree, in which there is, in principle, no movement at all. In the Agree theory, agreement between a Probe P and its Goal G can lead to feature checking in situ. Lasnik (2002), however, argues that feature movement (or attract) is to be preferred to agreement at a distance, presenting three pieces of evidence: pseudo-gapping, sluicing, and remnant movement. The purpose of this article is to show that the agreement-at-a-distance theory of Chomsky (2000) can still be maintained if we adopt Pesetsky and Torrego`s (2001) conception of the EPP property as a "subfeature of a feature." Furthermore, if we assume Boeckx and Stjepanovic´`s (2001) claim that head movement is a PF phenomenon, the persuasiveness of Lasnik`s (2002) argument becomes even weaker. Following Chomsky`s (2001b) assumption that internal Merge can apply either before or after Spell-Out, I have demonstrated that even the remnant movement phenomenon, the most powerful piece of evidence for Lasnik`s (2002) argument, can naturally be accounted for with the feature checking in situ of the Agree theory.
This paper discusses the functions of `as well as` in comparison with `and`. Our analysis of the KJV and the NIV of the Bible shows that `as well as` has been grammaticalized into a new coordinator, being in functional competition with the old coordinator `and`. This paper reveals that `as well as` has similar but different characteristics from `and`. Firstly, the distribution of the grammatical categories of the elements `as well as` coordinates are more limited--i.e. mostly NP and PP--than `and`. Secondly, `as well as` tends to coordinate syntactically more complex and less integrated elements than `and`. Thirdly, `as well as` tends to coordinate semantically more heterogeneous elements than `and`, which reflects iconic tendencies.
This study aims to examine the distribution of English unstressed pronouns, i.e., unstressed personal pronouns. English unstressed pronouns sometimes have a unique distribution different from their referential counterparts in phrasal-verb constructions, dative constructions, subject-verb inversed sentences, etc. This study shows that their unique distribution is due to the two properties that they have. One is that they are old in information structure, thus they choose to come earlier if possible in a sentence. The other is that they are clitic in that they are phonologically bound to their preceding Case assigner.
In this paper, I argue that the surface constructions for change of state of abstract concepts such as price, mental state, state of life, and possession, passage of time, exchange of idea, etc. are patterned like a motion by means of spatial metaphor; and that English is a co-event language type, so the spatial metaphor is often realized by particles such as `up` and `down` expressing Path in a motion event and by contrast, Korean is a Path language type, so the spatial metaphor is exclusively expressed by means of motion verbs. I also argue that fictive motion such as mental or visual motion results from the metaphorical, subjective conceptualization of the coextensive phenomena such as scenery, roads, etc.
This study is intended to design efficient method for Korean Grammar Education using the Corpus of Spoken Korean in the 7th curriculum. In this curriculum two subjects - `Language and Korean - Knowing Korean` and `Trimming Korean` - are proposed. The former deals with fundamentals in `Knowing Korean` while the latter deals with the category of attitude. Also, in the 7th curriculum a distinctive, student-oriented learning method, called `Inquiry Session,` is suggested. The `Trimming Korean` aims to foster desirable attitudes in Korean language life, and the `Inquiry Session` and the `Trimming Korean` are related in cognitive perspective and emotional perspective, respectively. The Corpus of Spoken Korean has two merits. First, it helps the Korean language education be free from the knowledge of Korean language tilted toward written language. And students can accept it naturally since they use it in daily life and thus can detect any change easily. In this study the system and morphology of vocabularies are discussed by comparing the Corpus of Spoken Korean with that of Written Korean in the top 50 most-frequently-used words. At the same time, a teaching and learning program is worked out on the word formation of the words used in spoken Korean during the inquiry session in the `Knowing Korean` and ways to use spoken language materials for the `Trimming Korean` are discussed.
In this paper, a tentative approach is made to combine several traditional IL paradigms into Levelt`s Speech Production Model to have an eclectic frame which is believed to be more efficient in explaining the idiosyncratic phenomena of the language learner`s language. The speech production strata proposed by Levelt are searched by stages in view of IL controls and linguistic materials. The traditional classification of knowledge `that` and knowledge `how` of IL is discussed in detail and reassigned to the production stages of conceptualizer, formulator and articulator, with emphasis on the formation of prevebal message and internal speech in IL.
I investigate the parsing strategies of relative clause (RC) attachment preferences by Korean speakers and English learners of Korean as a second language. RC can modify either NP1 or NP2 as its host when the antecedent consists of a complex NP as in `kyosil-ey iss-nun haksayng-uy chayk`, where either haksayng or chayk can be interpreted as a host. Two test methodology (a picture identification test and a written questionnaire test) were used to examine the parsing preferences by the two language groups. The results show that Korean speakers and English speakers converged or diverged depending on the test methodology. While the two language groups behaved similarly in the former test, they did not in the latter test. A strict working memory capacity and lack of knowledge about the verb semantics by L2 learners were assumed as possible reasons for the different parsing preferences. Based on the findings, I propose that native speakers and L2 learners do not have the same source of computational system and that different types of tests are necessary to get a clearer picture of L2 processing system in psycholinguistic research.