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How can we define Korean object: a typological perspective, focusing on transitivity of predicates
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The Association For Korean Linguistics Korean Linguistics Vol.68 KCI Accredited Journals
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2015.8
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271 - 305 (35page)

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The purpose of this paper is to define Korean object in terms of semantic features of transitivity that a predicate has, expecially based on generalized argument roles such as {O}, or {T} in linguistic typology. It is well acknowledged among Korean scholars that Korean object is difficult to define directly by formal approaches. This is because the object can realize without object case marker, and sometimes occur with particles like NUN(topic), MAN(``only``), TO(``also``) etc., that have their own semantic meanings. To define Korean object this way, we in this paper provide with typologically prevailed definition which was originated from Comrie(1978), and Dixon(1979), where object is defined by numerical valence and generalized argument roles. Following to them, Korean case follows Nominative-Accusative case frame where {S} of intransitive verbs and {A} of transitive verbs are marked the same. To make it further, we, based on corpus data, define Korean object as {O, T}. {O} means a most-patient-like argument of two place argument transitive verbs, and {T} means a most-patient-like argument of three place argument transitive verbs respectively. However, the definition like above could also have subsequent problems left out. For instance, because we did not define Korean object in terms of case marker LUL, it is natural consequence to answer what kind of functions or meanings that object marker LUL have, and how many types of transitive predicate are there in Korean. To answer it, we have examined the notion of transitivity of Hopper & Thompson(1980). By thorough verification over related corpus data, we conclude that Korean object case marker LUL is not a case assigner but a transitivity marker meaning like {A}`s activity, {O}`s affectedness, kinesis, volition, telic aspect that are internalized in each and every transitive predicate. Besides it, Korean LUL can also occur with NPs and Adjunct that have semantic features like definitive, or specificity.

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