This paper newly notes that a repeated verbal complex in Korean can have a polarity and observes its distributional properties. In particular, this paper closely examines what kind of structure this complex will have when it displays aspects of negative polarity item (NPI). For this purpose, this paper compares two structures, head-final and head-initial, and advocates the latter, thereby leading to the claim that Korean is underlyingly head-initial.
1. 서론: 동사반복과 극성
2. V-고 (또) V-면
3. V-고 (또) V-니
4. V-고 (또) V-어서/아서
5. V-도 (또) V-도
6. 동사반복 극어와 전형적 부정극어
7. 동사반복 구문의 통사적 도출-핵어말 구조
8. 동사반복 구문의 통사적 도출-핵어선 구조
9. 결론