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Title: LIGHT VERB JUST AS A LITTLE
Authors: Jung, Dukkyo
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: University of Kansas. Linguisitcs Graduate Student Association
Extent: 1652682 bytes
Type: Working Paper
Series/Report no.: Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics;
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics;
Abstract: In this paper I argue that the light verb ha in Korean is an overt realization of the v head. Ha/ci alternation in Korean psych verbs makes a strong case for DO/BECOME meanings of v, whose semantic contribution is undetermined and contextualized in English. For Korean, the absence of the class of English type denominal verbs is morphological evidence for this view. This study of Korean light verb constructions clarifies Harley's (1995, 1999) suggestion that recognizing the complements of v (V/P) as a predicative structure denoting events, things, or states helps to contextualize the interpretation of little v along with its determining environments. But the argument that no lexical content for v need be posited is challenged in Korean light verb ha.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/588
ISSN: 1043-3805
1043-3805
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