Split Measure Phrases and Communication Strategies
- 서울대학교 교육종합연구원
- The SNU Journal of Education Research
- Vol.14
- : KCI등재
- 2005.12
- 141 - 170 (30 pages)
The aim of this paper is to explore the syntactic and semantic properties of split classifier phrases (CZPs) and amount phrases (AmPs) constructions in Korean as a source of communication strategy of Korean learners of English. Syntactically both ClPs and AmPs can be separated from their host noun. Semantically, they are subject to the monotonicity constraint. However, the relationship between a ClP and its host noun is different from the relationship between an Amp and its host noun. The choice of a CP is dependant on its host noun, while the choice of an AmP is determined by semantic compatibility. This difference has some impact in the syntax in terms of case morphology. In passives and unaccusatives, Amps can bear either nominative or accusative case morphology, while ClPs must bear nominative case morphology. These split ClP and AmP structures are frequently employed by Korean learners of English. By using them, Korean learners of English achieve the goal of communication. Since this type of transferring a particular structure as a source of a communication strategy is likely to be overlooked, more attention should be given to the syntactic and semantic properties of that structure used by Korean learners of English.
Abstract
I. Introduction
II. The Semantics and Case Morphology of Split Measure Phrases
III. The Agreement Relation
IV. The Lack of Agreement and Disagreement of AmPs
V. Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications
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