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The expression of modality in Korean - Institut für ...

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32<br />

(29) S<br />

NP VP<br />

NP V<br />

M<strong>in</strong>ca-ka Bob-ul<br />

mann-a-ss-ta<br />

M<strong>in</strong>ca-NOM Bob-ACC meet-Sfx-PAST-SCSfx<br />

„M<strong>in</strong>ca met Bob“<br />

Although this categorization does reflect the canonical word order, <strong>Korean</strong> is best analyzed<br />

and described as be<strong>in</strong>g a strict verb-f<strong>in</strong>al language with discont<strong>in</strong>uous constituents <strong>in</strong> a<br />

relatively free word order, as illustrated by comparison <strong>of</strong> (29) and (30).<br />

(30) S<br />

NP VP<br />

NP V<br />

Bob-ul M<strong>in</strong>ca-ka mann-a-ss-ta<br />

Bob-ACC M<strong>in</strong>ca-NOM meet-Sfx-PAST-SCSfx<br />

„M<strong>in</strong>ca met Bob“<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are however a few restrictions on this relatively free scrambl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> sentence<br />

structures which are grammatical but do not meet the <strong>in</strong>tended semantic content, as can be<br />

seen from the follow<strong>in</strong>g two examples:

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