This paper aims to figure out the syntactic configuration that can explain the two uses of wh-words in Korean; wh-interrogatives and the indefiniteness wh-words. We claim that the wh-feature in Spec, CP is licensed by the Q-particle in the highest C-position of the whole sentence, i.e. the Q-particle at the end of the sentence. The wh-words with the affixation of Ⅰ-particle do not form wh-interrogatives, since the intermediate Ⅰ-particle blocks the licensing of the [+WH] feature to the stem wh-word. The [+INDEF] feature is licensed by the I-particle in the position of n<SUP>*</SUP>. Following Chomsky(2006), we assume the particles affixed to the stem n<SUP>*</SUP> have morphological content, and thus have semantic effect. The head of nominal phrase is n<SUP>*</SUP>, and n<SUP>*</SUP>P is a phase. The n<SUP>*</SUP>P blocks long distance licensing. By this assumption, we can also solve the puzzle of the particle -to either of Free Choice or Negative Concord meaning.
영어 초록<BR>1. Introduction<BR>2. Case-markers vs. Q or Ⅰ-particles<BR>3. Q-particles vs. Ⅰ-particles in Korean<BR>4. Configuration of DP in Korean<BR>5. Indefiniteness and Ⅰ-particles<BR>6. Conclusion<BR>References<BR>저자소개<BR>
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