딸림마디에 대하여

Abstract

This paper explored whether a subordinate clause should be considered as a conjunct clause or an embedded clause in order to provide a concise and consistent account with respect to a grammatical system. In the Korean language, there are two methods to use linguistic units other than a word as a sentence constituent. One is to use linguistic units as a clause through a grammatical process, and the other is to utilize them as a noun through objectification. By considering objectification as a grammar mechanism like the generation of a clause, this paper accounts for various linguistic units that are used like a noun in a sentence within the framework of grammar. Clauses can have either integrated tense elements or unintegrated tense elements. In order to confirm whether tense elements are integrated or not through grammatical processes, the former considers a kernel sentence to become a clause and the latter does a bare sentence to become a clause. Although there are debates over considering a subordinate clause as an embedded clause, this paper considers it as a conjunct clause. In this way, conjunct endings can be seen as the same element that can be integrated into both a coordinate clause and a subordinate clause.