contents List of Abbreviations contents I. Korean and Korean Grammar Chapter 1_Grammatical Properties of Korean 1.1 Morphological Properties 1.2. Syntactic Properties 1.3. Other Properties Chapter 2_The Boundary of Syntax 2.1. The Object of Research in Syntax 2.2. Syntax and Morphology II. Formation of Sentences (1) Chapter3 Sentence Composition and Constituents of Sentences 3.1. Sentence Composition 3.1.1. The Structure of Sentences 3.1.2. The Material of Phrasal Constituents 3.2. Phrasal Constituents 3.2.1. Major Phrasal Constituents 3.2.2. Additional Constituents Chapter 4 Extraordinary Constructions in Korean 4.1. ita Constructions 4.1.1. ita Constructions as Classification Sentences 4.1.2. Pseudo-classification Constructions of ita 4.1.3. Non-classification Constructions of ita 4.2. Verbal Noun Constructions 4.2.1. Predicative Nouns 4.2.2. Combinations of a Predicative Noun and the Function Verb hata 4.2.3. Combinations of a Predicate Noun and a Non-function Verb 4.2.4. Properties of 'Predicate Nouns + Function Verb' Constructions 4.3. Small Clause Constructions 4.3.1. Small Clauses 4.3.2. Syntactic Properties of Small Clauses 4.3.3. Complementary Small Clauses Chapter 5 Characteristics of Korean Constructions 5.1. Auxiliary Predicates and Obligatory Complements 5.2. Homonymic Predicates and Argument Structure 5.3. Word Order Change III. Formation of Sentences (II) Chapter 6 Sentences within Sentences 6.1 Embeddings 6.1.1. Nominalized Clauses 6.1.2. Predicate Clauses 6.1.3. Adnominal Clauses 6.1.4. Adverbial Clauses 6.1.5. Quotation Sentences 6.2. Sentence Embeddings and Ellipsis of Constituents 6.3. Over-layered Embeddings Chapter 7 Connective Sentences 7.1. Connective Verbal Endings 7.2. Syntactic Properties of Connective Sentences 7.3. Connective Sentences with -wa/-kwa IV. The Function and Meaning of Grammatical Elements Chapter 8 Causatives vs. Passives 8.1. Causative Sentences 8.2. Passive Sentences Chapter 9 Negation 9.1. An-negation 9.2. Mos-negation 9.3. Malta Negation Chapter 10 Temporal Aspect and Modality 10.1. Prefinal Endings as Morphemes of Aspect and Modality 10.1.1. -ess- 10.1.2. -essess- 10.1.3. -keyss- 10.1.4. -te- 10.1.5. -nun- and -nunta- 10.2. Temporal Aspect and Modality of Adnominalizing Endings 10.2.1. -nun 10.2.2. -un/n 10.2.3. -ul/l 10.2.4. -ten 10.3. Problems with Standard Point in Time Chapter 11 Honorification 11.1. Subject Honorification 11.2. Addressee Honorification 11.3. Honorification that Uses Special Vocabulary Chapter 12 Ending a Sentence 12.1. Modality (sepep) 12.2. Intentional Modality (uyhyangsepep) 12.3. Propositional Modality 12.3.1. -ci 12.3.2. -kwuna 12.3.3. -ney 12.3.4. -na References Index