Parallel Optimization in Case Systems: Evidence from Case Ellipsis in Korean

• Published in: Journal of East Asian linguistics Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 69 - 96
• Main Author: Lee, Hanjung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 01.01.2006
• Subjects: Accusative case; Animacy and Inanimacy; Animate beings; Case Marking; Comparative Linguistics; Definiteness; Ellipsis; Japanese; Korean; Language; Nouns; Optimality Theory; Person; Pronouns; Statistical Analysis; Variationist Linguistics; Verbs

It is well-known that hierarchies of person, animacy, and definiteness have effects on case marking systems in various languages, where certain classes of subjects and objects are marked, but not others. This paper presents evidence of frequency effects of those hierarchies on case ellipsis in Korea...