The syntactic structures of Korean : a construction-based perspective / Jong-Bok Kim.

Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Theoretical foundations; 1.1 Derivational vs. constraint-based views; 1.2 Linguistic signs and feature structures; 1.3 Constructions and multiple inheritance hierarchy; 1.4 Korean Phrase Structure Grammar; 1.5 Conclusion; 2 Noun phrases; 2.1 Basic properties; 2.2 Basic ordering restrictions; 2.3 Simple NP structures; 2.4 NPs with phrasal determinants; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Case system; 3.1 Two basic issues; 3.2 Forming case-marked nominal expressions; 3.3 A construction-based case assignment system.

3.4 Complex case phenomena and predictions3.5 Case assignments in the auxiliary constructions; 3.6 Case assignments to the non-nominal expression; 3.7 Conclusion; 4 Auxiliary and complex predicate constructions; 4.1 Types of auxiliary verbs and morphosyntactic properties; 4.2 Three possible analyses; 4.3 Syntactic properties of complex predicates; 4.4 A construction-based analysis; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Gerund phrases and mixed categories; 5.1 Verbal and nominal properties; 5.2 Derivational analyses; 5.3 Inflectional treatment of the gerund nominalizers; 5.4 A mixed-category analysis.

5.5 Consequences and further issues5.6 Conclusion; 6 Verbal nouns and light verb constructions; 6.1 Basic properties; 6.2 On the properties of the light verb; 6.3 On the mixed properties of the verbal nouns; 6.4 Mixed properties within a multiple inheritance system; 6.5 Argument composition and syntactic structures; 6.6 Dissolving variations; 6.7 Conclusion; 7 Serial verb constructions; 7.1 Serial verbs and general properties; 7.2 Grammatical properties of SVCs; 7.3 Types of serial verb constructions; 7.4 A construction-based view; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Negation and related phenomena.

8.1 Short form and long form negation8.2 Reviews of the derivational view; 8.3 Short form negation; 8.4 Long form negation; 8.5 Implications of the analysis; 8.6 Conclusion; 9 Coordination; 9.1 Two main types of nominal and verbal coordination; 9.2 Lexical properties of the coordinators; 9.3 More on the syntactic aspects; 9.4 Symmetric and asymmetric verbal coordination; 9.5 Conclusion; 10 Passive constructions; 10.1 Lexical vs. syntactic passive; 10.2 Auxiliary syntactic passive; 10.3 A construction-based analysis; 10.4 Light-verb syntactic passive.

10.5 Inchoative and stative pseudo-syntactic passive10.6 Conclusion; 11 Wh-questions; 11.1 Dependency between wh-question and Q-particle; 11.2 Wh-questions and indefiniteness; 11.3 A construction-based analysis; 11.4 Key predictions; 11.5 Conclusion; 12 Topic and focus constructions; 12.1 Topic constructions; 12.2 Encoding focus; 12.3 Focus constructions; 12.4 Conclusion; 13 Relative clause constructions; 13.1 Some key properties; 13.2 Morphosyntax of Korean relatives; 13.3 Standard relative clauses: Externally headed; 13.4 Double relative clauses; 13.5 Internally headed relative clauses.

Jong-Bok Kim offers a remarkably broad yet in-depth overview of popular contemporary topics in Korean syntax and semantics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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