The Relation between Prosody and Syntax: The case of different types of Left-Dislocations in Spanish
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Ingo Feldhausen
Abstract
This paper sheds new light on the validity of claims in the syntactic literature concerning the prosody of (a) hanging topic left-dislocations (HTLDs), (b) clitic left-dislocations (CLLDs) and (c) left-dislocations without a resumptive pronoun in Spanish. It is typically assumed that HTLDs but not CLLDs are obligatorily marked by a pause. However, the results of a production experiment show that these constructions have similar intonational patterns. LDs are tonally realized by a rising nuclear configuration and may be followed by a pause (more often in HTLDs than in the other constructions, however). A sharp contrast exists between HTLDs in interrogatives and declaratives; only the former are obligatorily realized with a pause and may have a low edge tone.
Abstract
This paper sheds new light on the validity of claims in the syntactic literature concerning the prosody of (a) hanging topic left-dislocations (HTLDs), (b) clitic left-dislocations (CLLDs) and (c) left-dislocations without a resumptive pronoun in Spanish. It is typically assumed that HTLDs but not CLLDs are obligatorily marked by a pause. However, the results of a production experiment show that these constructions have similar intonational patterns. LDs are tonally realized by a rising nuclear configuration and may be followed by a pause (more often in HTLDs than in the other constructions, however). A sharp contrast exists between HTLDs in interrogatives and declaratives; only the former are obligatorily realized with a pause and may have a low edge tone.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Foreword xiii
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Part I. Intonation, variation and contact
- Task-related effects in the prosody of Spanish heritage speakers and long-term immigrants 3
- Pitch accent tonal alignment in declarative sentences in the Spanish of the Basque Country 25
- Stylistic variation in the intonation of European Portuguese teenagers and adults 45
- Focus and prosody in Spanish and Quechua 69
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Part II. Intonational modeling, syntax and pragmatics
- Cost of the action and social distance affect the selection of question intonation in Catalan 93
- Intonation modeling in cross-linguistic research 115
- Prosody and Emotion in Brazilian Portuguese 135
- The Relation between Prosody and Syntax: The case of different types of Left-Dislocations in Spanish 153
- The intonational meaning of polar questions in Manchego Spanish spontaneous speech 181
- Declarative utterances in Buenos Aires Spanish 207
- Towards automatic language processing and intonational labeling in European Portuguese 227
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Part III. Intonation, acquisition and special populations
- Prosodic and gestural features distinguish the intention of pointing gestures in child-directed communication 251
- Prosody in Portuguese Children with HighFunctioning Autism 277
- Early Prosodic Development 295
- A preliminary study of wh-questions in German and Spanish child language 325
- Assessment of Spanish prosody in clinical populations 351
- Intonation and grammar in the visual-gestural modality 369
- Index 387
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Foreword xiii
-
Part I. Intonation, variation and contact
- Task-related effects in the prosody of Spanish heritage speakers and long-term immigrants 3
- Pitch accent tonal alignment in declarative sentences in the Spanish of the Basque Country 25
- Stylistic variation in the intonation of European Portuguese teenagers and adults 45
- Focus and prosody in Spanish and Quechua 69
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Part II. Intonational modeling, syntax and pragmatics
- Cost of the action and social distance affect the selection of question intonation in Catalan 93
- Intonation modeling in cross-linguistic research 115
- Prosody and Emotion in Brazilian Portuguese 135
- The Relation between Prosody and Syntax: The case of different types of Left-Dislocations in Spanish 153
- The intonational meaning of polar questions in Manchego Spanish spontaneous speech 181
- Declarative utterances in Buenos Aires Spanish 207
- Towards automatic language processing and intonational labeling in European Portuguese 227
-
Part III. Intonation, acquisition and special populations
- Prosodic and gestural features distinguish the intention of pointing gestures in child-directed communication 251
- Prosody in Portuguese Children with HighFunctioning Autism 277
- Early Prosodic Development 295
- A preliminary study of wh-questions in German and Spanish child language 325
- Assessment of Spanish prosody in clinical populations 351
- Intonation and grammar in the visual-gestural modality 369
- Index 387
