Embedded verbal complexes in Korean: Towards a unified approach to leftward movement, right dislocation and anaphora

Abstract

This paper examines the leftward movement, right dislocation, and overt/covert anaphora of the embedded verbal complex (excluding the embedded subject) in Korean. Supposing that anaphora is a basic phenomena, and that leftward movement and right dislocation are derivative from the basic phenomenon of anaphora, we propose a unified analysis for the syntactic distributions of embedded verbal complexes that undergo the afore-mentioned three syntactic operations. In ruling out illegal cases of such distributions, we show that a ban on haphazard movement and MaxMove are at work. We also show that the construction-specific requirement for right dislocation is that the clause preceding the right dislocated expression is grammatically correct, though allowing for subsequent syntactic reanalysis/reprojection after the addition of the right dislocated expression.