Abstract

Korean has sentences that contain no overt reflexives but show reflexivity of predicates. Based on Park’s (1985) observation, and following his terminology, we call predicates occurring in such sentences reflexive predicates. The paper is an attempt at providing an account of the nature of reflexive predicates mainly depending on the theory of reflexivity presented by Reinhart and Reuland (1993). In the course of the discussion, we will also review the weaknesses of the canonical binding theory and see that the theory of reflexive binding based on reflexivity of predicates fits well in accounting for Korean reflexive predicates.

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