Double Object Constructions in Korean: Asymmetry between Theme and Goal

Abstract

Much of the generative studies on the double object constructions in English have shown that there exists an asymmetrical c-command relation between the Theme argument and the Goal argument: the Goal uniformly c-commands the Theme at D-structure. This paper attempts to prove that Korean also exhibits an asymmetric relation between the Theme and Goal in double object constructions, but it is the Theme that asymmetrically c-commands the Goal at D-structure in Korean

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