Markers, Index, and Multiple Fragment Answers in Korean
구나현, Cho Sae-Youn · 생성문법연구 · 2014
This paper amis to mainly account for idiosyncratic properties of multiple fragments as an answer to a wh-question in Korean via the Marker and Index values. The main issue on fragment answers is the existence of the marker attached to fragment(s) NP, which is a critical factor to analyze how fragments are linked to corresponding wh-phrase and how they deliver a desirable sentential meaning. Rejecting the previous analyses including Choi & Yoon (2009) and Park (2013), we propose that the Marker and Index values play a key role to get a right meaning of fragment answers. The present analysis provides us with a simple explanation on how (multiple) fragments with or without markers are linked to (the) wh-phrases in a question.