I claim that sentences with the sequence of v-e v under the purported serial verb construction reading are not serial verb constructions, crucially diverging from in Lee (1993) and Sohn (1999). I also claim that the sentences with the so called serial verb construction are complex sentences with the morpheme e serving as a subordinate conjunction. I also suggest that the auxiliary verb construction in Korean, which is mono-clausal in clausal architecture like other languages is a development from the complex sentence, which is quite in agreement with the cross-linguistic observation (Anderson 2006, among others).
1. Introduction
2. Nature of V-e V for Purported Serial Verb Construction
3. Structure of V-e V for the Purported Serial Verb Construction
4. Nature of V-e V for the Auxiliary Verb Construction Interpretation
5. Conclusion and Theoretical Implications
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