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This paper focuses on studying the conjunctive and disjunctive coordination of DP phrases in Korean, especially focusing on the conjunctive meaning derived from a DP disjunction phrases coordinated by -(i)na. Conjunction and disjunction are logical operators and when they are used in a natural language, they amount to a meet operator and a join operator respectively. This makes an assumption that the domains they operate on form a boolean lattice structure, which instantly raises a question regarding the operators' function on the <e> type individuals. Especially, the conjunction of <e> type noun phrases is tightly associated with the issue of plurality and distributivity/collectivity. I adopt Winter (2001)'s boolean approach on conjunctive DP phrases, which forms a base for the discussion of the conjunctive meaning from -(i)na disjunction phrases. I propose that -(i)na has only a collective conjunction phrase as its scalar competitor but not a distributive one. This leads to -(i)na phrases' prevalent generation of conjunctive meanings compared to other disjunctive items such as or in English.
