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Directed Motion and Non-Predicative Path PKeywords: argumental/argumenthood , aspectual marker , atelic , atelic path PP , directed motion , directional PP , do-so , endpoint , locative PP , manner-of-motion verbs , path , postpositions , predicative , resultative , secondary predication Abstract: In this paper, I argue that an atelic path PP headed by -(u)lo ‘toward’ in Korean is an argument of a directed motion verb on a par with its telic counterpart headed by the locative -ey ‘(be) AT’. I further argue that, despite having the same argumental status, the atelic path PP is distinguished from the goal-marking locative PP in terms of an entailment of a result state and predicativity; while the goal PP in directed motion constructions forms a secondary predicate associated with a resultative interpretation, the atelic path PP merges with the verb as a non-predicative complement and does not license a resultative interpretation.
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