This study is concerned with a very peculiar phenomenon in Korean in which WH-questions do not apparently have any WH-phrases but show typical WH-prosodies. This phenomenon has first been reported in Y.-H. Kim (2020), who provides a plausible analysis based on Ko’s (2006) CMH (CP-Modifier Hypothesis). This study is a kind of sequel to his (2020) research, which has the problem of poor experimental data. We, thus, carried out a neatly designed experiment with a number of subjects, and have found out that Y.-H. Kim’s (2020) analysis is indeed verified and can be said to be on the right track. We discuss the results of the experiment and their implications.
1. 들머리
2. WHY의 특성과 분류, 그리고 의문사 없는 의문문
3. 의문사 없는 WH-의문문의 발화 실험
4. 맺음말
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