Korean Tense and Aspect in Narrative Discourse

Series Editors' Note 7 Preface 9 Abbreviations 10 Chapter One | Introduction 11 Chapter Two | Dynamic Analysis of Tense and Aspect 15 2.1 Traditional Truth-conditional Analyses of Tense and Their Problems 15 2.2 Dynamic Semantic Approach to Tense and Aspect 22 2.2.1 Motivations for Dynamic Approach 22 2.2.2 Discourse Representation Theory 24 Chapter Three | Overview of the Korean Tense and Aspect System 35 3.1 Lexical Aspect 37 3.2 Grammatical Aspect 44 3.2.1 The Imperfective Forms 44 3.2.2 The Perfective Forms 48 3.3 Tense 50 3.3.1 The Past Forms 50 3.3.2 The Non-past Forms 53 Chapter Four | The Past Forms -ess and -essess in Korean 57 4.1 Interpretation of -ess and -essess Sentences 57 4.1.1 Multiple Interpretations of -ess 57 4.1.2 Interpretation of -essess Sentences and the Difference between -ess and -essess 61 4.2 An Analysis of Narrative Discourse 67 4.2.1 Narrative Progression with -ess 56 4.2.2 Flashback Effect with -essess 72 Chapter Five | The Imperfective Forms -e ka and -e o in Korean 81 5.1 Interpretation of -eka and -e o Sentences 82 5.2 An Analysis of Narrative Discourse 85 5.2.1 Temporal Inclusion with -e o 86 5.2.2 Narrative Progression with -e ka 93 Chapter Six | The Perfective Forms -e noh and -e twu in Korean 101 6.1 Interpretation of -e noh and -e twu Sentences 101 6.2 An Analysis of Narrative Discourse 106 6.2.1 Narrative Progression with -e noh 106 6.2.2 Temporal Inclusion with -e twu 114 Chapter Seven | Conclusion 123 Appendix: Operational Tests for Lexical Aspect 125 Bibliography 127 Index 133