Intonation Phrase formation in sentences with clausal embedding

Abstract This study investigates if and how pre- and post-focal givenness affects the insertion of Intonation Phrase (henceforth, ι) boundaries in sentences with an embedded object clause in German. This is particularly interesting because sentence-internal clause edges were found to induce prosodic structure (by ι-boundary insertion) whereas focus and givenness were found to prevent prosodic structure (by destressing or dephrasing). Thus, these aspects might constitute opposing forces in the formation of ι-structure. A production experiment was conducted which tested ι-boundary insertion in s... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Schubö, Fabian
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Reihe/Periodikum: The journal of comparative Germanic linguistics
Sprache: Englisch
Anmerkungen: © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
ISSN: 1383-4924
Weitere Identifikatoren: doi: 10.1007/s10828-020-09118-w
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/olc-benelux-211930906X
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-020-09118-w
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-020-09118-w