{"pk":49063,"title":"How are Events Encoded?: Differences Between Japanese and Korean ","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines how Japanese and Korean differ in encoding events, using a basic classification of four information types: ENTITIES, HAPPENINGS, RELATIONS, and INCIDENTALS. Focusing on verb predicate sentences in translated American movie dialogues (2015–2023), it identifies three key patterns in Japanese: (1) predicates combining nominals and function verbs; (2) morphosyntactically incomplete predicates where function verbs are replaced or omitted, reducing explicit RELATIONS encoding; and (3) predicates lacking verbs entirely, omitting HAPPENINGS and relying on inference. Japanese translations tend to encode fewer HAPPENINGS and RELATIONS than Korean, favoring noun-based structures that support selective encoding and linguistic economy. In contrast, Korean encodes events more explicitly using fewer nominal constructions and preserving verbal forms. Japanese’s noun-oriented strategy, while less direct, enables prioritization of high-value content. These differences reflect broader tendencies in balancing efficiency and expressiveness and highlight the complexity of event encoding across languages, suggesting the need for further cross-linguistic analysis.</p>","language":null,"license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Oral Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3t39z3zv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sunghee","middle_name":"","last_name":"Youn","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-07-19T01:24:59.174000Z","date_accepted":"2025-07-19T07:30:21.222000Z","date_published":"2025-07-07T07:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/49063/galley/36996/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/49063/galley/36996/download/"}]}