ABSTRACT

This study explores semantic relevance between internally-headed relative clauses (RCs) and main clauses in Korean, and argues that semantic relevance is caused by the encoding strategy of an internally-headed RC, which is shared by perception-verb complements. An internally-headed RC is distinguished from a gap RC in that the head noun appears in the RC as a full noun. Previous studies have argued that, along with the difference in the position of the head noun, semantic relevance is also required for an internally-headed RC. After showing that descriptions of semantic relevance in previous studies have explanatory limitations, we re-examine semantic relevance by focusing on the encoding strategy of internally-headed RCs, which is shared by complement clauses. The findings show that semantic relevance is required for internally-headed RCs that formally resemble perception-verb complements. After defining semantic relevance as describing a temporary state and as representing causal, temporal and concessive meanings, we explain the former with a perception requirement and the latter with a ‘perception–reaction’ relation between an internally-headed RC and a main clause.

摘要

本研究探讨了韩语内向关系从句 (RCs) 和主要从句之间的语义相关性，并认为语义相关性是由内向关系从句的编码策略引起的，该策略由感知动词补语共享。内部中心词 RC 与间隙 RC 的区别在于中心名词在 RC 中作为完整名词出现。先前的研究认为，除了中心名词位置的差异外，内部中心词 RC 还需要语义相关性。在表明先前研究中对语义相关性的描述具有解释性局限性之后，我们通过关注补语从句共享的内向 RC 的编码策略来重新审视语义相关性。研究结果表明，语义相关性对于形式上类似于感知动词补语的内向 RCs 是必需的。在将语义相关性定义为描述临时状态并表示因果、时间和让步意义之后，我们用感知要求解释前者，用内向 RC 和主句之间的“感知-反应”关系解释后者。