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To appear: Two types of denominal predicates in Korean and theories of morphology-syntax interface
Paper argues that current architectures of morphology-syntax interface are inadequate to deal with the behavior of two classes of denominal predicative suffixes in Korean. To appear in Jieun Kiaer and Jaehoon Yeon eds. Selected Papers from the Second European Conference on Korean Linguistics. Lincom Europa
2010: Dominant language influence in acquisition and attrition of binding
Paper co-authored with Ji-Hye Kim and Silvina Montrul, where we investigate early and late bilinguals of Korean with respect to their judgments on properties of binding. The findings show that early bilinguals (L1 attriters) pattern differently from late bilinguals and monolinguals. In Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 13.1
2009: Long-distance bound local anaphors in Korean: an empirical study of the Korean anaphor caki-casin
Paper co-authored with Ji-Hye Kim, where we investigate the long-distance ‘exempt’ binding of the local anaphor caki-casin using a grammaticality judgment and preferential interpretation task. We argue that caki-casin can be bound long-distance as a local anaphor. The findings also suggest that contrary to earlier belief local anaphors (such as caki-casin) in Korean may not violate TSC, and when they do, they function as exempt anaphors. In Lingua 119:733-755.
2009: Binding interpretations of anaphors by heritage speakers of Korean
Paper co-authored with Ji-Hye Kim and Silvina Montrul, where we investigate the interpretations of binding of three Korean anaphors (caki, casin, caki-casin) by heritage speakers of Korean (early bilinguals), comparing them with late bilinguals and monolinguals. We argue for effects of transfer and incomplete acquisition in the grammar of heritage speakers. In Language Acquisition 16(1):3-35.
2009: The distribution of subject properties in multiple subject constructions
Paper
argues that Multiple Subject Constructions possess multiple subjects and
discusses the distribution of subject properties in MSCs and why they are
distributed the way they are. Based on invited presentations at the 2006
Linguistic Society of Korea Summer International Conference (
2008: An experimental syntactic study of binding of multiple anaphors in Korean
Paper co-authored with Ji-Hye Kim, which expands on the results of the
Korean monolinguals reported in Kim, Montrul, Yoon (2009), with additional
subjects and a more in-depth analysis. It argues that the bimodal distribution
in the grammar of casin
reflects an on-going change in Korean, and backs up the argument with data from
the history of Bible translations. In Journal
of Cognitive Science 9(1):1-30,
2007: Raising of Major Arguments in Korean and Japanese
Paper argues that Subject-to-Object Raising in Korean (and Japanese) targets embedded Major Subjects. The Major Subject raising analysis is compared to a base-generation (Prolepsis, Major Object) analysis and shown to be superior. In Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 25:615-653
(Also in Bill Davies and Stan Dubinsky eds., New Horizons in the Grammar of Raising and Control, pp. 71-107, Springer Verlag).
2005: Conjunction
reduction and its consequences for noun phrase morphosyntax
in Korean
Paper co-authored with Wooseung Lee. Paper argues that apparent conjunction of case-marked
NP with case-marked NP in Korean is not constituent coordination, but
elliptical coordination and explores the consequences of the analysis for the morphosyntactic status of nominal particles, such as
case-markers. In Proceedings of the
West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics-24, 379-387, John Alderete et. al. eds.,
2005: Non-morphological
determination of nominal particle ordering in Korean
Paper argues that principles that
govern the sequencing of nominal inflectional particles in Korean are syntactic
in nature. In Clitic
and Affix Combinations: Theoretical Perspectives, L. Heggie and F. Ordonez (eds), pp. 239-282, John Benjamins.
2004: Non-nominative
(Major) Subjects and Case Stacking in Korean
Paper argues that Nominative case
stacking in Korean should be reanalyzed as Nom-assignment to a non-nominative
Major Subject. In P. Bhaskararao and K. V. Subbarao eds., Non-nominative
Subjects, Volume 2, pp. 265-314, Amsterdam/Philadephia:
John Benjamins Publishing Company.
1997: Coordination
Asymmetries
Paper responds to the position
that takes –ko coordination to be subordination based on the
asymmetry of marking and extraction from certain –ko coordinations.
I argue that –ko is ambiguous between an adjunct marker and a
conjunct marker and that when it functions as a conjunct marker, the structure
is fully symmetrical, with respect to both morphosyntactic
marking and extraction. In Harvard
Studies in Korean Linguistics, eds. S. Kuno et. al, Vol
7, 3-30.
1996: Nominal
Gerund Phrases in English as Phrasal Zero Derivations
Paper argues that nominal gerunds
in English are derived by zero derivation (conversion) applying to phrases in
syntax. In Linguistics Vol. 34,
329-356
1994: Lexical
integrity and the morphosyntax of verbal inflection
in Korean verbal coordination
Longer version of 1994: "Korean Inflection and Checking Theory," MIT Working Papers in Linguistics: The Morphology-Syntax Connection, C. Philip & H. Harley eds., Department of Linguistics, MIT, pp. 251-270.
1994: Korean Verbal Inflection and Checking Theory
Paper argues against checking-theoretic and head-movement based analyses of verbal inflections in Korean and defends an ad-phrasal affixation analysis. In MIT Working Papers in Linguistics: The Morphology-Syntax Connection, C. Philip and H. Harley eds., pp. 251-270, Department of Linguistics, MIT.
1992: On the Composition of COMP and Parameters of V2
Paper argues for the decomposition of COMP into two categories and explores the consequences of the decomposition for analyses of symmetric vs. asymmetric V2. In Proceedings of WCCFL 10, Dawn Bates ed., pp.41-52, Stanford Linguistic Association.