Case Assignment in the Inalienable Possession Construction in Korean.

Maling, Joan; Kim, Soowon

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Publication Date: 1992

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Case Assignment in the Inalienable Possession Construction in Korean.

Maling, Joan; Kim, Soowon

Journal of East Asian Linguistics, v1 n1 p37-68 Jan 1992

Investigates principles for assigning case to the Noun Phrases (NP) in the Part-Whole Construction in Korean. It is shown that the case marking on the part-NP is a function of the case-assigning properties of the matrix verb, even when this is lexically governed. (41 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Korean, Linguistic Theory, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Pronouns, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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