Lexically conditioned realization ambiguity in Korean predicate morphology

[2608.27966] Lexically conditioned realization ambiguity in Korean predicate morphology Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2608.27966 (cs) [Submitted on 28 Aug 2026] Title: Lexically conditioned realization ambiguity in Korean predicate morphology Authors: Wonjun Oh , KyungTae Lim , Jungyeul Park View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: This paper examines Korean surface realization as distinct from morphological analysis. It asks whether a sequence of canonical morphemes and grammatical category labels uniquely determines the corresponding surface form. The answer is negative for a restricted but theoretically revealing class of Korean predicates. In these cases, formally identical or near-identical stem-ending configurations yield different outputs depending on lexical identity and realization class membership. We analyze this phenomenon as homonymy with inflectional divergence, focusing on regular versus digeut irregular pairs, regular versus bieup irregular pairs, and reu irregular versus reo irregular pairs. These cases show that stem shape and ending alone do not always determine surface realization. Instead, lexical meaning, subcategorization, and semantic role structure help identify the intended predicate; the predicate determines the realization class; and the realization class determines the surface form. Korean realization thus reveals a limit of bare morphological representation. Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27966 [cs.CL] (or arXiv:2608.27966v1 [cs.CL] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27966 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Jungyeul Park [ view email ] [v1] Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:21:24 UTC (23 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Additional Features Audio Summary Current browse context: cs.CL < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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