A Nonconfigurational Approach to the Weak Crossover Effect in Korean

Configurational approaches to weak crossover effects in Japanese and Korean have been proposed based on the notions such as c-command and reconstruction (e.g., [5], [25], and [26] among others). However, empirical problems arise from the approaches simply because they cannot fully account for the relevant Korean data. This paper proposes nonconfigurational operator binding conditions formulated in terms of obliqueness and linear precedence within the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. The proposed syntactic operator binding conditions are formulated in only a necessary condition, which suggests that the pronominal binding possibilities are also determined by other factors such as discourse and/or processing factors.