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| author | Namkil Kang |
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| contents | <p>The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide in-depth semantic and syntactic analyses of Korean ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’. A point to note is that when binding takes place between a subject and an object of the relevant predicate, ku ‘he’ is more referential than anaphoric, while caki ‘self’ is both anaphoric and referential. Also, it is clear that when binding does not take place between a subject and an object of the relevant predicate, ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’ are both anaphoric and referential. A further point to note is that the referent of caki ‘self’ must be semantically singular or plural for a bound variable reading, whereas the referent of ku ‘he’ must be semantically singular. A major point to note is that caki ‘self’ gives rise to a de se reading, while ku ‘he’ yields a de re reading, thereby indicating that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave differently semantically. A major point of this paper is that ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’ behave differently truth-conditionally with respect to the so-called only-test. It is worth pointing out that caki ‘self’ induces direct thoughts, while ku ‘he’ induces indirect thoughts, thus behaving differently semantically. It should be pointed out that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave similarly in that they can be a free variable. Finally, it is worth noticing that the fact that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave differently semantically is captured by Chomsky’s merge (2019a, 2019b). More specifically, the semantic difference between the two is licensed by each SEM after the second Transfer.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Semantic and Syntactic Properties of Korean Ku 'he' and Caki 'self' Namkil Kang <p>The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide in-depth semantic and syntactic analyses of Korean ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’. A point to note is that when binding takes place between a subject and an object of the relevant predicate, ku ‘he’ is more referential than anaphoric, while caki ‘self’ is both anaphoric and referential. Also, it is clear that when binding does not take place between a subject and an object of the relevant predicate, ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’ are both anaphoric and referential. A further point to note is that the referent of caki ‘self’ must be semantically singular or plural for a bound variable reading, whereas the referent of ku ‘he’ must be semantically singular. A major point to note is that caki ‘self’ gives rise to a de se reading, while ku ‘he’ yields a de re reading, thereby indicating that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave differently semantically. A major point of this paper is that ku ‘he’ and caki ‘self’ behave differently truth-conditionally with respect to the so-called only-test. It is worth pointing out that caki ‘self’ induces direct thoughts, while ku ‘he’ induces indirect thoughts, thus behaving differently semantically. It should be pointed out that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave similarly in that they can be a free variable. Finally, it is worth noticing that the fact that caki ‘self’ and ku ‘he’ behave differently semantically is captured by Chomsky’s merge (2019a, 2019b). More specifically, the semantic difference between the two is licensed by each SEM after the second Transfer.</p> |
| title | Semantic and Syntactic Properties of Korean Ku 'he' and Caki 'self' |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18903007 |