Psych-Predicates: How They Are Different
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This paper is concerned with characterizing psych-predicates in Korean and possibly in Japanese in the GL spirit. We focus on the the status of the Experiencer (or ‘judge’) in relation to other arguments and examine the firstperson subjectivity data (constraint). The relevant cause and effect relation and consequent coerced event function is postulated for coherent interpretation.
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