Figure Precedence vs. Ground Precedence: With Reference to English and Korean
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The segregation of Figure and Ground in our perception is represented in language. In a clause, a perceptually prominent object standing out from a situation is Figure and the object more backgrounded is Ground. This distinction is also applicable to the structures of modification, temporal and spatial adverbials, and complex events. The purpose of this study is to provide a unified account of diverse syntactic structures above in English and Korean in terms of Figure and Ground organization, and to present a language typology between the two languages. The results of this study showed a systematic difference in the alignment of Figure and Ground in English and Korean: Figure precedence over Ground in English and Ground precedence over Figure in Korean.
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The segregation of Figure and Ground in our perception is represented in language. In a clause, a perceptually prominent object standing out from a situation is Figure and the object more backgrounded is Ground. This distinction is also applicable to the structures of modification, temporal and spatial adverbials, and complex events. The purpose of this study is to provide a unified account of diverse syntactic structures above in English and Korean in terms of Figure and Ground organization, and to present a language typology between the two languages. The results of this study showed a systematic difference in the alignment of Figure and Ground in English and Korean: Figure precedence over Ground in English and Ground precedence over Figure in Korean.
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