Word Order Variations in Korean Copular Constructions
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This paper examines three types of copular constructions such as the Predicative Copular Construction (PCC), Equative Copular Construction (ECC), and Toys-R-Us Construction (TRUC), which all employ the copula containing two nominal expressions. In particular, word order variations in those constructions are closely examined with respect to the information status, i.e. Topic and Focus, of nominal expressions. It is claimed that the word order of the pre-copular nominals is relatively free, but the predicate nominal construed as Focus must stay in situ in its base position, which is attributed to the general restriction on the movement of the predicate phrase. The predicate nominal fronting is allowed only when it is construed as having Topic or Topic-like interpretation, confirming the cross-linguistic observation made in Partee (1998). The TRUC is claimed to be just like the ECC syntactically and the implicature arises from the consideration of the Gricean cooperative principle or conversational maxims.
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This paper examines three types of copular constructions such as the Predicative Copular Construction (PCC), Equative Copular Construction (ECC), and Toys-R-Us Construction (TRUC), which all employ the copula containing two nominal expressions. In particular, word order variations in those constructions are closely examined with respect to the information status, i.e. Topic and Focus, of nominal expressions. It is claimed that the word order of the pre-copular nominals is relatively free, but the predicate nominal construed as Focus must stay in situ in its base position, which is attributed to the general restriction on the movement of the predicate phrase. The predicate nominal fronting is allowed only when it is construed as having Topic or Topic-like interpretation, confirming the cross-linguistic observation made in Partee (1998). The TRUC is claimed to be just like the ECC syntactically and the implicature arises from the consideration of the Gricean cooperative principle or conversational maxims.
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