VP-Internal Nominative in Multiple Nominative Constructions

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Jeonghee Byun
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Nominative Constructions

scholarly journals Two types of multiple nominative construction: A constructional approach

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Bok Kim ◽  
Peter Sells
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Building System ◽  
Multiple Nominative Constructions

Multiple nominative constructions (MNCs) in Korean have two main sub- types: possessive and adjunct types. This paper shows that a grammar allow- ing the interaction of declarative constraints on types of signs - in particular, having constructions (phrases and clauses) - can provide a robust and efficient way of encoding generalizations for two different MNCs. The feasibility of the grammar developed here has been checked with its implementation into the LKB (Linguistic Knowledge Building) system

Parsing Two Types of Multiple Nominative Constructions: A Constructional Approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONG-BOK KIM ◽  
Peter Sells ◽  
Jaehyung Yang
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Nominative Constructions

scholarly journals constraint-based and head-driven analysis of multiple nominative constructions

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Bok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Functional Properties ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Semantic Relation ◽  
Locality Principle ◽  
Explicit Grammar ◽  
Multiple Nominative Constructions

The so-called 'double' or 'multiple' nominative constructions (henceforth DNC or MNC) have been one of the puzzling phenomena in topic-prominent languages like Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. One intriguing property of the MNCs is that there is no conceptual limit to the number of nominative nominals as long as the two consecutive nominatives are in a certain semantic relation. This paper provides a 'head-driven' and 'constraint' based analysis in the sense that the lexical head and the tight interaction among declarative constraints play a crucial role in the formation of puzzling DNCs/MNCs. This analysis captures the gramamtical/functional properties of each nominative phrase in these constructions in a precise way, while describing the close specifier-head relation between the two consecutive nominatives without violating the locality principle. The analysis eventually allows us an explicit grammar for generating DNCs/MNCs in Korean. This is achieved through the familiar mechanism of argument composition and constraints on the lexical heads such as noun and verb.

The teaching of Chinese and the Chinese way of thinking

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Wu
Keyword(s):  
Mother Tongue ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Serial Verb Constructions ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Verb Constructions ◽  
Serial Verb ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Multiple Nominative Constructions ◽  
Verb Compounds ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The teaching of Mandarin Chinese can be enhanced by the application of principles underlying the Chinese way of thinking -the Conceptual Sequence Principle (CSP) (Wu 1992:53) and the Principle of Temporal Sequence (PTS) (Tai 1985:61). These are fundamental principles motivating syntactic structures and discourse organisations in Chinese. The two principles capture the most general tendency of Chinese syntactic structures and discourse organisation. CSP accounts for various double (or multiple) nominative constructions typical of the language including Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) and Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) patterns, whereas PTS explains the relative position of verbs in verb compounds and serial verb constructions, and the position of adverbials – typically those of time and location – in relation to the verb in a sentence, as well as the because-therefore discourse pattern (Kirkpatrick 1991:183). An understanding of the two principles will not only enable students to gain insight into the Chinese language and avoid common mistakes caused by the interference of their mother tongue, but also assist them to understand the Chinese way of thinking and achieve interactive competence in the language.

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