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This paper aims to make several suggestions. First, linguistic typology should be based on the correctly described data of the individual languages. Second, Korean linguistics also should be objectively described in terms of distribution so that it can contribute to the typology of languages of the world. We reexamined the so-called double subject constructions in order to check the justification of applying the concept 'non-nominative subject' to Korean. We concluded that the 'dative subject' is not true subject of the so-called double subject constructions, but just oblique constituent. The true subject of the so-called double subject constructions is realize in the form of 'NP1-eun/neun' or 'NP1-i/ga'. And we proved that the second constituent 'NP2-i/ga' in those constructions could be analyzed object complement, revealing the misconcept of 'predicate clause'.