Communicative Efficiency and Preferred Information Structure: Evidence from Differential Subject Marking in Korean
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In previous theoretical analyses, caseless and case-marked subjects in Korean have been shown to contrast systematically as to their information structure status. The purpose of this paper is to explore the preferred information structure patterns associated with Korean Differential Subject Marking (DSM) on the basis of a close examination of informal conversational interaction. Evidence from analyses of conversation data demonstrates that the substantial majority of caseless subjects are restricted to thetic clauses expressing direct perceptions of an event in the here and now, whereas the majority of attested case-marked subjects are not restricted similarly and are associated with information structure patterns that involve less predictable information in situational or discourse context. Extending H. Lee's (2021) efficiency-based analysis of variable subject marking, this paper argues that the preferred information structure patterns associated with Korean DSM can be accounted for in terms of an efficient use of case marking motivated by communicative efficiency — an optimal balance between production ease and communicative success.
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In previous theoretical analyses, caseless and case-marked subjects in Korean have been shown to contrast systematically as to their information structure status. The purpose of this paper is to explore the preferred information structure patterns associated with Korean Differential Subject Marking (DSM) on the basis of a close examination of informal conversational interaction. Evidence from analyses of conversation data demonstrates that the substantial majority of caseless subjects are restricted to thetic clauses expressing direct perceptions of an event in the here and now, whereas the majority of attested case-marked subjects are not restricted similarly and are associated with information structure patterns that involve less predictable information in situational or discourse context. Extending H. Lee's (2021) efficiency-based analysis of variable subject marking, this paper argues that the preferred information structure patterns associated with Korean DSM can be accounted for in terms of an efficient use of case marking motivated by communicative efficiency — an optimal balance between production ease and communicative success.
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