Directed Motion and Non-Predicative Path P

Authors

  • Minjeong Son University of Tromsø

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/12.80

Keywords:

argumental/argumenthood, aspectual marker, atelic, atelic path PP, directed motion, directional PP, do-so, endpoint, locative PP, manner-of-motion verbs, path, postpositions, predicative, resultative, secondary predication

Abstract

In this paper, I argue that an atelic path PP headed by -(u)lo ‘toward’ in Korean is an argument of a directed motion verb on a par with its telic counterpart headed by the locative -ey ‘(be) AT’. I further argue that, despite having the same argumental status, the atelic path PP is distinguished from the goal-marking locative PP in terms of an entailment of a result state and predicativity; while the goal PP in directed motion constructions forms a secondary predicate associated with a resultative interpretation, the atelic path PP merges with the verb as a non-predicative complement and does not license a resultative interpretation.

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Published

2007-01-10