Rethinking the Nature of the Null Object in Korean: Focusing on Ahn and Cho (2011)

The purpose of this paper is to reaffirm that the null object in Korean should be identified as empty DP not as pro. The foci in this discussion turn to whether the null object in Korean has sloppy identity reading or not and whether it has only wide scope or not. According to the pro analysis, the null object has only the sloppy identity reading and wide scope. However, despite the pro analysis validity, we argue that the null object in Korean can still have the sloppy identity reading and narrow scope as well as the strict identity reading and wide scope.

1. Introduction

2. Pro analysis

3. DP Ellipsis Analysis

4. Conclusion

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