A study on negation

Abstract

This is a study on negation. The theoretical framework for this study is based on the generative transformational theory of grammar. Most of the data in this study is from English and Korean. In this study, various theories on negation by Klima(1964), Park(1967), Song(1967), Lee(1970, 1972), Oh(1971) and Lakoff(1970) have been critically reviewed and the explanation for the Korean negation in terms of a possible universal theory on negation has been proposed. And it has been found that Oh's (1971) NEG-Lowering can explain the difference of two languages and contribute to a possible universal theory on negation, although it has some residual problem.

;本 論文은 生成·變形文法에 立脚한 否定法에 관한 硏究로 대부분 英語와 韓國語의 Data를 사용하였다. 本 硏究에서는 Klima(1964), Park(1967), Song(1967), Lee(1970, 1972), Oh(1971) 및 Lakoff(1970)의 否定法 理論을 批判的으로 槪觀하고, 否定法의 universal한 측면에서 볼때의 韓國語 否定法에 對한 說明을 試圖한 結果 未解決되는 問題點이 있기는 하지만 Oh(1971)의 NEG-Lowering이 英語와 韓國語에 있어서의 否定法의 차이를 說明해 줄 수 있고, 否定法의 universal theory에 공헌할 수 있다는 것을 發見하였다.