Language and Information (한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보)
- Volume 6 Issue 2
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- Pages.153-169
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- 2002
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
Derivational Interpretation of Korean “wh-phrases”
Abstract
In this paper I develop a mechanism of interpreting Korean “wh-phrases”. The phrases have various readings depending on where they occur and they could be ambiguous even in the same structure. Yet their readings are subject to certain restrictions. I assume that the “wh-phrases” behave like variables and that there are three quantifiers to bind the phrases;
Keywords
- K-${\O}$;
- across-the-board reading;
- derivational quantification;
- opacity condition;
- optional activation