Marking definiteness in an articleless language: The role of the domain restrictor KU in Korean

A Kang - Language and Linguistics, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
The main purpose of this paper is to identify the novel type of Korean definiteness marker.
Especially I show that Korean KU which originated from the morphological demonstrative
'that', instantiates a solid pattern of distribution of definiteness marker. Mainly focusing on the
semantico-pragmatic role of KU, the proposal comprises three main parts:(i) Given that
Korean employs distinct devices teased apart into uniqueness (ie referential use) and
familiarity (ie anaphoric use) in its definiteness system, I show that the effect of referential …

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A Kang - arumkangcom.wordpress.com
The main purpose of this paper is to identify the novel type of Korean definiteness marker.
Especially I show that Korean KU which originated from the morphological demonstrative
'that', instantiates a solid pattern of distribution of definiteness marker. Mainly focusing on the
semantico-pragmatic role of KU, the proposal comprises three main parts:(i) Given that
Korean employs distinct devices teased apart into uniqueness (ie referential use) and
familiarity (ie anaphoric use) in its definiteness system, I show that the effect of referential …
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