Prosody in Syntactic Encoding

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Prosody in Syntactic Encoding

Edited by: Gerrit Kentner and Joost Kremers

Volume 573 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650532

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What is the role of prosody in the generation of sentence structure?
A standard notion holds that prosody results from mapping a hierarchical syntactic structure onto a linear sequence of words. A radically different view conceives of certain intonational features as integral components of the syntactic structure. Yet another conception maintains that prosody and syntax are parallel systems that mutually constrain each other to yield surface sentential form.
The different viewpoints reflect the various functions prosody may have: On the one hand, prosody is a signal to syntax, marking e.g. constituent boundaries. On the other hand, prosodic or intonational features convey meaning; the concept “intonational morpheme” (as e.g. an exponent of information structural notions like topic or focus) puts prosody and intonation squarely into the syntactic representation.

The proposals collected in this book tackle the intricate relationship of syntax and prosody in the encoding of sentences. The contributions build their cases on the basis of solid empirical evidence, adducing data from experiments or from the careful analysis of natural speech. The volume thus represents a state of the art survey of research on the syntax-phonology interface.

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Gerrit Kentner, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt a.M.; Joost Kremers, Univ. of Bielefeld, Germany.

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Prosody in syntactic encoding Gerrit Kentner and Joost Kremers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Sentence stress in presidential speeches Arto Anttila, Timothy Dozat, Daniel Galbraith and Naomi Shapiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
German case ambiguities at the interface: Production and comprehension Tina Bögel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Ambiguity resolution via the syntax-prosody interface: The case of kya ‘what’ in Urdu/Hindi Miriam Butt, Farhat Jabeen and Tina Bögel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Focus structure affects comparatives: Experimental and corpus work Katy Carlson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
The ordering of interface mapping rules in German object fronting Marta Wierzba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Interaction at the syntax–prosody interface Johannes Heim and Martina Wiltschko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Syntacticizing intonation? Tag questions in Glasgow Scots E. Jamieson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
A prosodic constraint on prenominal modification Hisao Tokizaki and Jiro Inaba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Cartography cannot express scrambling restrictions – but interface-driven relational approaches can Volker Struckmeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Head movement as a syntax-phonology interface phenomenon Joost Kremers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Linguists
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- Front matter: 5
- Main content: 334
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- Illustrations: 53
- Tables: 22
Keywords: Prosody; sentence structure; syntax-phonology interface

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