Language and Information (한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보)
- Volume 14 Issue 1
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- Pages.197-227
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- 2010
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- 1226-7430(pISSN)
A Critical Review of Semantic Theories of Focus and an Alternative Approach
의미론적 초점 이론에 대한 비판적 고찰과 대안
- Wee, Hae-Kyung (Dankook University)
- 위혜경 (단국대학교)
- Received : 2010.05.21
- Accepted : 2010.06.14
- Published : 2010.06.30
Abstract
This study reviews (i) the (dis)advantages of two major semantic theories of focus, i.e., the Alternative Semantics (AS) and the Structured Meaning Theory (SM), and (ii) the hybrid analysis consisting of these two theories proposed by Krifka (2006). After pointing out a problem of this hibrid analysis, this study attempts to show the third alternative, i.e., the theory of identificational predication for focus can solve this problem.
Keywords
- focus;
- Alternative Semantics;
- Structured Meaning Theory;
- identification;
- predication;
- focus movement;
- island constraint;
- in-situ focus;
- unselectivity