An intention-based account of accomplishments in Korean
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beavers, John T. | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wechsler , Stephen | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Beaver, David | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Boas, Hans | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kim , Jong-Bok | en |
| dc.creator | Lee, Juwon | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-25T19:34:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-25T19:34:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-08 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-25T19:34:29Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this dissertation, I investigate why Korean allows failed-attempt interpretations of accomplishment predicates, but languages like English do not. For example, the English sentence "He broke the window, but the window was not broken" is a contradiction, but the corresponding Korean sentence is possible with the interpretation "He tried to break the window, but the window was not broken." Regarding this problem, I observe two related generalizations: (i) the Subject Realization Generalization (SRG), which states that in the event structure of a verbal predicate, the (sub)event directly related to the predicate’s subject must occur in the actual world, and (ii) the Subject’s Intention Generalization (SIG), stating that non-occurrence of an event requires the subject’s intention regarding the event. I incorporate these generalizations into a possible world semantic analysis, which I argue accounts for various interpretations of accomplishments in Korean. In addition, with regard to complex predicate sentences (e.g. light verb constructions, serial verb constructions), I propose the Event Connection Generalization (ECG), which asserts that in the event structure of a complex predicate sentence, connecting event(s) must occur in the actual world. I also argue that the intention-based account is not just restricted to a certain class of lexical verbs that project accomplishment predicates, but a broader class of accomplishments involving complex predicates in Korean. | en |
| dc.description.department | Linguistics | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T2D98X | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/33404 | en |
| dc.subject | Intention | en |
| dc.subject | Accomplishment | en |
| dc.subject | Event structure | en |
| dc.subject | Korean | en |
| dc.title | An intention-based account of accomplishments in Korean | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Linguistics | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Linguistics | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |