The Syntax of Temporal Adverbial Clauses in Korean and Its Implications

An, Duk-Ho

doi:10.30961/lr.2022.58.2.141

Lang. Res. 58(2):141-156

pISSN: 0254-4474, eISSN: 2586-7113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30961/lr.2022.58.2.141

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The Syntax of Temporal Adverbial Clauses in Korean and Its Implications

Duk-Ho An ¹ ^, ^†

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¹Konkuk University

^†Corresponding Author: Professor, English Language & Literature, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea, E-mail: andukho@konkuk.ac.kr

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Received: Jul 04, 2022 ; Revised: Aug 16, 2022 ; Accepted: Aug 23, 2022

Published Online: Aug 31, 2022

ABSTRACT

Haegeman (2012) argues, following Demirdache and Uribe-Etxebarria (2004), that when temporal adverbial clauses in English are essentially relative clauses that provide several pieces of evidence supporting it. In this paper, I examine the syntax of the Korean counterpart of when temporal clauses and point out that there is significant parallelism between Korean and English. Given the typological difference between the languages in question, this observation is significant and provides a novel piece of evidence in support of Haegeman’s and Demirdache and Uribe-Etxebarria’s analyses.

Keywords: temporal adverbial clause; adverbial, relative clause; argument-adjunct asymmetry; subjacency; cartography; comparative syntax

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