This is the inaugural volume in the Saffron Korean Linguistics Series, published by Eastern Art Publishing in conjunction with the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London. "Korean Grammatical Constructions" is a functional-typological analysis of Korean grammatical constructions in which the grammatical relation, or the case-marking, alternates. Although there is a great deal of correspondence between grammatical relations and the morphological marking, the latter sometimes fail to give a clear indication of grammatical relations, or give inconsistent indications. The grammatical relations (GR) can be changed by the operation of GR-changing processes such as causative, passive, anticausative and possessor-ascension, but the semantic roles remain unchanged in some constructions. The author has taken into account semantic (and pragmatic) factors in explaining the morpho-syntactic behaviour of Korean grammatical constructions. It was shown that differences in morphological coding features may indicate differences in semantic implication.

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Grammatical roles and relations; 3. Double-Nominative and Dative-Subject Constructions; 4. Causatives, 5. Passives; 6. Causative-Passive Correlations; 7. Transitivity Alternation and Neutral-Verbs in Korean; 8. Possessor-Ascension Constructions; 9. Locative Alternation; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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About the Series:

Series Editors: Jaehoon Yeon and Jae Jung Song

The Saffron Korean Linguistics Series is devoted particularly to functionally and/or typologically orientated research on Korean language and linguistics. Volumes in the series, while dealing with specific topics in Korean language and linguistics, will address broadly defined functional and/or typological issues and concerns, rather than matters of abstract theoretical polemics. Theoretical or applied work related to Korean language will also be considered. The series aims to offer an international academic forum for the dissemination of the latest research into Korean linguistics as well as Korean language studies.

The Series Editors welcome manuscripts on any aspect of Korean linguistics and language study, including Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Typology, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Language Acquisition, Historical Linguistics, and Korean Language Teaching.

Submission enquiries should initially be addressed to Jaehoon Yeon. Manuscripts or abstracts for book proposals must be submitted simultaneously to both the Series Editors. Contributors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts read, and revised where warranted, by native speakers.

Jaehoon Yeon Centre of Korean Studies University of London, SOAS, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Email: jy1@soas.ac.uk

Jae Jung Song Linguistics Programme, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand