On the syntax of 'why'-like 'how' in Korean
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https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5018Keywords:
reason ettehkey, manner/instrumental ettehkey, Intervention Effect, Anti-Superiority Effect, Negative Island EffectAbstract
The wh-phrase ettehkey 'how' in Korean is forced to be interpreted as a reason wh-adverbial corresponding to way 'why' when it occurs with a causative-key toy-construction with past tense. In this paper, I try to answer a simple but fundamental question of whether or not reason ettehkey is base-generated in the same position as the 'high' wh-adjunct way (Ko 2005, 2006). I argue that reason ettehkey in an interrogative clause is externally merged in its checking position, Spec-CIntP, just like way (Ko 2006), whereas manner/instrumental ettehkey originates below NegP.
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2021-03-20
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Kim, Okgi. 2021. “On the Syntax of ’why’-Like ’how’ in Korean”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6 (1): 788–796. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5018.