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This paper aims to resolve re-binding puzzles in Korean VP-anaphora. The previous literature has demonstrated that re-binding becomes available in English ellipsis constructions when the focused constituent intervenes between the re-binder and re-bound variable. In this paper, we argue that the same does not hold in Korean, in that the matrix subject fails to re-bind a bound variable in the embedded clause even in the presence of Intervening Focus. We argue that the cross-linguistic difference between English and Korean is attributed to their different linear order. While focus intervenes the variable-binding relationship in linear order in English, this is not necessarily the case in Korean. We conclude that re-binding is constrained in the PF-LF interface, so that the location of focus in the linear string affects variable-binding. We argue that this resolves the cross-linguistic puzzle with regards to re-binding.
목차
1. Bound Variables in VP-ellipsis/anaphora
1.1 Internal Binding & Re-binding
1.2 MaxAnaphorize
2. Empirical Observations
3. The Re-binding Puzzle
4. Intervening Focus Effects and Linear Order
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