Modifier-sharing constructions in Korean

This paper discusses modifier-sharing constructions, which exhibit two split antecedents sharing one modifier. We examine Korean modifier-sharing constructions where modifiers contain elements requiring plural antecedents. Specifically, we concern examples where plural antecedents are manifested as two split singular entities. The constructions are syntactically challenging due to the unusual dependency between the antecedent and the modifier. The major proposal is that the two split antecedents are originally coordinate DPs in Korean and that they are just an outcome resulting from subsequent movement of each conjunct out of the coordinate complex. Based on Zhang’s (2010) proposal on English modifier-sharing constructions, we relax the coordinate structure constraint, allowing movement out of coordinate complex under certain conditions and present a derivation of the construction per se via sideward movement (Hornstein and Nunes 2002, among others). (Konkuk University)