Korean employs both lexical and syntactic mechanisms to express passive constructions. This language peculiar property has received much attention from both theoretical and computational linguists. Though there have been extensive research on the constructions, few have been provided that introduce less ad hoc mechanisms and are mathematically precise enough to be implemented for computational purposes. This paper recasts the passive constructions within the framework of a constraint-based grammar in which typed feature structures and grammatical interfaces play crucial roles. In particular, it lays out an HPSG (Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar) analysis of the Korean passive constructions with the aim of computational implementation.

Korean employs both lexical and syntactic mechanisms to express passive constructions. This language peculiar property has received much attention from both theoretical and computational linguists. Though there have been extensive research on the constructions, few have been provided that introduce less ad hoc mechanisms and are mathematically precise enough to be implemented for computational purposes. This paper recasts the passive constructions within the framework of a constraint-based grammar in which typed feature structures and grammatical interfaces play crucial roles. In particular, it lays out an HPSG (Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar) analysis of the Korean passive constructions with the aim of computational implementation.

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