tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "A Computational Treatment of Korean Temporal Markers, OE and DONGAN"

In this paper, we elucidate how Korean temporal markers, OE and DONGAN contribute to specifying the event time and formalize it in terms of typed lambda calculus. We also present a computational method for constructing temporal representation of Korean sentences on the basis of G grammar proposed by [Renaud, 1992;1996]. | A Computational Treatment of Korean Temporal Markers OE and DONGAN Hyunjung Son EHESS 54 Boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris France hyunjung son@ Abstract In this paper we elucidate how Korean temporal markers OE and DONGAN contribute to specifying the event time and formalize it in terms of typed lambda calculus. We also present a computational method for constructing temporal representation of Korean sentences on the basis of G grammar proposed by Renaud 1992 1996 1 Introduction Associated to a NP Korean temporal markers OE and DONGAN build time adverbials. 1 ach im ilgopshiOE morning seven o clock-OE at seven o clock in the morning 2 han shigan DONGAN one hour DONGAN for an hour As it is widely known time adverbials play important roles in sentence meaning processing. Meanwhile there is a significant divergence in opinions whether time adverbials or tense aspect is a more efficient indicator leading to a correct temporal representation of sentences. To some Kim 1981 Jo 2000 Vet 1980 Verkyul 1989 tense or aspect is the only credible index to consult in establishing temporal interpretation and the time adverbials are complementary. To others Renaud 1996 Vlach 1993 time adverbials are regarded as much more reliable than tense aspect which is too ambiguous to provide coherent instructions about how to locate the event in time. We agree with the second point of view as we observed that Korean tense markers fail to provide a solid and coherent way to capture the relevant time span. For example the verbal infix -at- generally considered as a typical past tense marker in Korean brings about several time interpretation possibilities such as simple past 3 completion 4 resultant state 5 and progressiveness 6 . 3 shiwidaega ôje hanshiOE shich ôngul dulrôssatta demonstrators-NOM yesterday one o clock-OE the city hall-ACC surround-PA-DEC1 The demonstrators surrounded the city hall at one o clock yesterday. 4 shiwidaega mach imnae shich ôngul dulrôssatta demonstrators-NOM