Rethinking Split Questions in Korean
Jeong-Shik Lee · 생성문법연구 · 2011
This paper argues that split questions in Korean can entertain the monoclausal analysis. I examine Has (2010) arguments for the biclausal LF-copying analyis, and his arguments against the monoclausal analysis and the biclausal PF deletion analysis. I attempt to prove that the alleged problems he points out can be accommodated within the monoclausal analysis even in a more adequate way. I further claim that Korean split questions can constitute a piece of empirical evidence for the hypothesis that Korean starts out as underlyingly head-initial. This result helps eliminate the head-parameter from the Universal Grammar, maintain the universal Spec-head-complement order for linearization, and reduce computational complexity thereof.