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An experimental investigation of why-stripping in Korean

Authors
Kim, J.-S.Lee, H.J.Yoon, S.-H.Lee, J.H.Lee, J.Y.Kwon, S.
Issue Date
2021
Publisher
Institute for the Study of Language and Information
Keywords
acceptability judgment; discourse marker; extra deletion; focus; processing; why-stripping
Citation
Linguistic Research, v.38, no.2, pp 271 - 299
Pages
29
Indexed
SCOPUS
ESCI
KCI
Journal Title
Linguistic Research
Volume
38
Number
2
Start Page
271
End Page
299
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/138383
DOI
10.17250/khisli.38.2.202106.004
ISSN
1229-1374
Abstract
Kim, Jeong-Seok, Hye Jin Lee, Su-Hyuk Yoon, Jin Hyung Lee, Jee Young Lee, and Soohyun Kwon 2021. An experimental investigation of why-stripping in Korean. Linguistic Research 38(2): 271–299. The present study uses an acceptability judgment experiment designed to investigate whether the acceptability of Korean why-stripping is affected by (i) the polarity difference of the antecedent clause, (ii) the marker ani ‘not’ immediately preceding why, or (iii) the type (i.e., short-form or long-form) of negation in the antecedent clause. We propose that way ‘why’ in Korean why-stripping originates in CP and the non-wh remnant is a focus phrase associated with way ‘why’, following Yoshida et al.’s (2015) clausal ellipsis analysis of English why-stripping. Based on the experimental findings, we show that Korean why-stripping favors affirmative antecedent contexts over negative antecedent contexts, as expected from the processing perspective (Fischler et al. 1983; Herbert and Kübler 2011). We also show that the pre-why (i.e., clause-initial) ani ‘not’ in Korean why-stripping is not a negative marker but a discourse marker of conveying elements of surprise or disbelief (cf. Koo 2008). We further show that the type (i.e., short-form or long-form) of negation in the antecedent clause does not matter in why-stripping. In sum, we defend a grammar-plus-processing analysis of Korean why-stripping. (Korea University ·· Seoul National University) © 2021. All rights reserved.
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