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dc.contributor.advisorIsaac Gould-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zhuqing-
dc.creatorWang, Zhuqing-
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T16:31:46Z-
dc.date.available2024-08-19T16:31:46Z-
dc.date.issued2024-
dc.identifier.otherOAK-000000232807-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dcollection.ewha.ac.kr/common/orgView/000000232807en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/268909-
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates the semantic, pragmatic, and syntactic aspects of the English construction that I call what about X (as in an example, ‘what about Mary?’). I define X as a contrastive topic (CT), possessing the features of relevancy and contrastiveness. It is claimed that what about X is a CT question with two primary meanings: a wh-question meaning and a polar-question meaning. An approach based on Question-under-Discussion(QUD) accounts for how the two meanings can be derived in the discourse. I claim that what about X is related to two structurally-relevant QUDs: an implicit QUD and an explicit QUD using alternative semantics. The meaning of what about X can be derived from specific relations between the implicit QUD and the explicit QUD in a given context. More systematically, a unified account towards the two meanings of what about X can be obtained by establishing formal relationships between the two QUDs (the CT semantic value of the explicit QUD is formally equivalent to the focus semantic value of the implicit QUD). This dissertation also explores the pragmatic functions of what about. It is claimed that what about has two discourse functions: it creates an unpronounced question, the implicit QUD in the grounding layer to be placed in the common ground, and asks for a response in the responding layer from its interlocutor of the explicit QUD. Concentrating on the syntactic aspects, two initial syntactic analyses motivate investigating the structural relation between what about and X. First, the proposal that what about has discourse functions helps account for new data involving infelicitous nonsentential yes/no answers. Second, the different pragmatic functions of what about can be syntactically represented by a chunk in a nanosyntactic fashion. This dissertation also explores how what about and X are not linked by a movement analysis but via a selection process. Empirical evidence supports the claim that what about does not select anything verbal. Four types of data related to what about X are also discussed regarding their inconclusiveness for a movement analysis.;본 논문은 what about X 구문에 대한 의미론적 측면과 통사론적 측면에 대한 연구이다. 본 연구는 우선 X를 관련성과 대조성의 특징을 가진 대조적인 주제(Contrastive Topic; CT)로 정의하여 what about X 질문이 wh 의문문과 yes/no 의문문의 두 가지 기본 의미를 가진 CT 질문이라고 주장한다. 두 가지 의미가 담화에서 어떻게 도출될 수 있는지 설명하기 위해 QUD(Question-under-Discussion)를 기반으로 한 접근 방식을 사용한다. 즉, what about X의 맥락은 암시적인 QUD과 명시적인 QUD에서 파생된다. 또한, 두 QUD의 형식적인 관계를 설정하여 what about X의 두 가지 의미에 대한 통합된 설명을 제시하고자 한다(명시적인 QUD의 CT 의미 값은 형식적으로 암시적인 QUD의 초점(focus) 의미 값과 동일하다). 본 연구는 what about의 본질적 역할을 탐구하는 데 중점을 두고 what about이 두 가지 담화적 기능을 가진다고 주장한다: what about은 grounding layer에서 발음되지 않는 질문을 생성하여 common ground에 배치하는데, responding layer에서 이 발화되지 않은 질문에 대한 화자의 응답을 요청한다. 구문적 측면에서는 두 가지 초기 구문 분석이 what about과 X 사이의 구조적 관계를 밝힌다. 첫째, what about의 담화적 기능은 적절하지 않은 비문장적 yes/no 답변과 관련된 새로운 데이터를 설명하는 데 유용하다. 둘째, what about의 다양한 담화적 기능은 nanosyntactic 방식의 단위를 통해 구문론적으로 표현된다. 마지막으로, 본 연구는 구문론적으로 what about과 X가 movement analysis가 아니라 selection process를 통해 결합된다고 설명한다. 경험적으로 what about은 동사(verbal)구를 선택하지 않는다. 또한, 네 가지 유형의 데이터를 제시하여 what about X가 movement 분석으로 설명하기 어렵다는 것을 보여준다.-
dc.description.tableofcontentsTable of contents I. Introduction 1 A. Overview 1 B. Structure of the dissertation 14 II. Previous studies on what about X 17 A. Preliminary searches 18 B. What about in other research topics 20 C. A similar construction how about 23 D. Cross-linguistic equivalences to what about X 27 E. Summary 30 III. On the semantics and pragmatics of what about X 31 A. Preliminaries regarding X as a contrastive topic 31 B. The CT nature of X 43 1. Relevance and contrastiveness 43 2. Phonological characteristics 49 3. CT questions 54 C. A QUD-based approach for what about X. 56 1. An informal QUD-based solution. 59 2. Constructing the meanings from QUDs 63 3. Supporting evidence 68 D. Speech acts of what about X. 75 1. A review of Wiltschko's (2021) work on Interactional Language 78 2. Basics on discourse markers. 79 E. The Interactional Spine Hypothesis 81 1. Confirmational marker eh. 90 2. Response markers yes/no 95 F. QUDs and the discourse functions of what about. 99 G. Summary. 107 IV. A formal approach towards the meanings of what about X. 108 A. A formal relationship between QUDs 108 1. Challenges for Rooth (2016). 109 2. Constant's (2014) topic abstraction framework. 119 3. Challenges for Constant (2014) 128 4. A formal relationship between two QUDs 133 B. An alternative DI approach (Kim, 2021) 141 1. Similarities between Kim (2021) and Constant (2014) 149 C. Summary 151 V. Topics on the syntax of what about X 153 A. The requirement of fragment CP-yes. 157 1. Fragment yes beyond the CP domain 164 2. CP-yes. 169 3. Ambiguity between a CP-yes and a GroundSpkr-yes 178 B. The syntax of what about 183 C. Categories of X 187 1. Forms that X can take 187 2. Forms that X fails to take 189 3. Accounting for available passive participles 192 4. Accounting for available CPs 196 5. The selection nature of what about 197 a. what about selects 198 b. what about cannot be selected 198 c. Generalization of selection 199 D. Discussing a movement analysis for what about X 200 1. Problems for a movement analysis 206 E. Observations on cross-linguistic equivalences to what about X 209 F. Summary 222 VI. Conclusion and limitations 224 A. Summary of core discussions 224 B. Limitations 227 References 228 Appendix 1 Notations 235 Appendix 2 Interviews 236 Abstract in Korean (국문 초록) 246-
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dc.languageeng-
dc.publisher이화여자대학교 대학원-
dc.subjectwhat about X, meanings, syntactic aspects-
dc.subject.ddc800-
dc.titleAn investigation into the what about X construction-
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis-
dc.title.subtitleIts meanings, realization, and syntactic aspects-
dc.format.page[xii], 247 p.-
dc.identifier.thesisdegreeDoctor-
dc.identifier.major대학원 영어영문학과-
dc.date.awarded2024. 8-
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