This paper investigates some resultative constructions in English, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. It will be argued that the Direct Object Restriction (DOR) used in previous syntactic accounts is not correct. This paper examines the typical resultative constructions in English and Korean and, within the framework of event semantics, offers a proper semantic account of the relevant data on the b...

Recently growth of pen-computers and personal digital assistants has made electronic ink a first-class object. One of the most important problems under this model is to search ink data at previously stored pen-strokes. In this paper we proposed and implemented a matching algorithm of write-dependant ink search for oriental characters, especially mixed Korean with Chinese characters. Our algorit...

This study was stimulated by several questions: What time lag is contained in the synchronicity of simultaneous interpretation? How do the linguistic characteristics of the language to be interpreted influence synchronicity? And in what is the interpreter’s strategy for achieving synchronicity in interpretation from Korean to other languages? To answer these questions, EVS measurements of Korea...

Sino-Korean words, which are historically borrowed from Chinese language, could be represented with both Hanja (Chinese characters) and Hangeul (Korean characters) writings. Previous Korean Input Method Editors (IMEs) provide only a simple dictionary-based approach for Hangeul-Hanja conversion. This paper presents a sentencebased statistical model for Hangeul-Hanja conversion, with word tokeniz...

Different writing systems in the world select different units of spoken language for mapping. Do these writing system differences influence how first language (L1) literacy experiences affect cognitive processes in learning to read a second language (L2)? Two groups of college students who were learning to read English as a second language (ESL) were examined for their relative reliance on phon...

Korean credit :::union:::s (CUs) are considered to be a hidden contributor to the “Korean miracle”, characterized by remarkable economic growth and relatively low income inequality. The Korean miracle not only generated wealth in an economically strapped and socially under-privileged people, but also contributed to regional community development and the democratization of Korean society. In...

BACKGROUND Rapid socioeconomic development resulting in changing lifestyles and life expectancy appears to be accompanied by an increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Genetic predisposition related to ethnicity is a major determinant of diabetes risk. This study investigates the prevalences of diabetes and prediabetes in different ethnic populations residing in the Mudanjiang area located in...

This human study was conducted to evaluate the effect of chronic alcohol consumption on plasma concentrations of lipid and the antioxidative system in 44 Korean alcoholics and 45 age-, sex-, and nationality-matched nonalcoholic subjects. Plasma triacylglycerols and atherogenic index were higher in alcoholics than in control subjects. Plasma total cholesterol was not different among groups, but ...

Due to the great gap between the official “nation” (minzu 民族) discourse-policy goals of the Chinese government and the social realities of ethnic relations in China, it is necessary for the leadership, academics, and the public in China to review the historical process involved in creating the “nationality” discourse dynamics of the past century. Chinese need to understand the nature of “nation...