Abstract
In this paper I argue that some activity predicates in Korean are actually a kind of accomplishment rather than activity, unlike English counterparts. As evidence for this recategorization, failed attempt interpretation, ambiguity with in-adverbial or keuy ``almost``, and non-ambiguity with tasi ``again`` are discussed. This type of accomplishment is called activity-accomplishment here and this accomplishment analysis is extended to other kinds of activity verbs in Korean, manner of speaking verbs and perception verbs. I also show that in addition to lexical activity-accomplishment, some derived activity-accomplishments involving resultative or causative constructions also support the existence of activity-accomplishment in Korean. (Kyung Hee University)
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