Mirative Why-like What Questions in Korean
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In this paper we investigate so-called why -like what -questions (WWQs) in Korean in which then on-argumental wh -adjunct what behaves like why (the hell ). In particular, we propose to analyze Korean WWQs as a mirative wh-construction that encodes surprise and counter-expectation on the part of the speaker. Like miratives in other languages, mirative WWQs in Korean are characterized by three distinguishing properties of mirativity: speaker-orientation, insincerity, and not-at-issue content. Such mirative properties allow us to explain distinct behaviors of WWQs from canonical why-questions. To account for the unique properties of mirative WWQs, we sketch a construction-based HPSG approach in which the mirative wh -expression what, as a grammaticalized reason adverb, conveys at-issue information-seeking meaning as well as non-at-issue mirative meaning. We extend this direction to account for rhetorical uses of WWQs.
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In this paper we investigate so-called why -like what -questions (WWQs) in Korean in which then on-argumental wh -adjunct what behaves like why (the hell ). In particular, we propose to analyze Korean WWQs as a mirative wh-construction that encodes surprise and counter-expectation on the part of the speaker. Like miratives in other languages, mirative WWQs in Korean are characterized by three distinguishing properties of mirativity: speaker-orientation, insincerity, and not-at-issue content. Such mirative properties allow us to explain distinct behaviors of WWQs from canonical why-questions. To account for the unique properties of mirative WWQs, we sketch a construction-based HPSG approach in which the mirative wh -expression what, as a grammaticalized reason adverb, conveys at-issue information-seeking meaning as well as non-at-issue mirative meaning. We extend this direction to account for rhetorical uses of WWQs.