The ordering of interface mapping rules in German object fronting
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Marta Wierzba
Abstract
This paper discusses a data set on object-initial sentences in German. It is shown that it can be accounted for under the assumption that prosody-IS mapping rules come into play at different levels of the grammaticalmodel: Some, for example focus-related rules, apply at high levels, where they have access to prosodic and syntactic structure (and potentially even underlying structural representations). Others, in particular givenness-related rules, apply at lower levels, where they can affect phonetic realization, but not prosodic structure.
Abstract
This paper discusses a data set on object-initial sentences in German. It is shown that it can be accounted for under the assumption that prosody-IS mapping rules come into play at different levels of the grammaticalmodel: Some, for example focus-related rules, apply at high levels, where they have access to prosodic and syntactic structure (and potentially even underlying structural representations). Others, in particular givenness-related rules, apply at lower levels, where they can affect phonetic realization, but not prosodic structure.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Prosody in syntactic encoding 1
- Sentence stress in presidential speeches 17
- German case ambiguities at the interface: Production and comprehension 51
- Ambiguity resolution via the syntax-prosody interface: The case of kya ‘what’ in Urdu/Hindi 85
- Focus structure affects comparatives: Experimental and corpus work 119
- The ordering of interface mapping rules in German object fronting 159
- Interaction at the syntax–prosody interface 189
- Syntacticizing intonation? Tag questions in Glasgow Scots 219
- A prosodic constraint on prenominal modification 245
- Cartography cannot express scrambling restrictions – but interface-driven relational approaches can 265
- Head movement as a syntax-phonology interface phenomenon 303
- Index 331
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Prosody in syntactic encoding 1
- Sentence stress in presidential speeches 17
- German case ambiguities at the interface: Production and comprehension 51
- Ambiguity resolution via the syntax-prosody interface: The case of kya ‘what’ in Urdu/Hindi 85
- Focus structure affects comparatives: Experimental and corpus work 119
- The ordering of interface mapping rules in German object fronting 159
- Interaction at the syntax–prosody interface 189
- Syntacticizing intonation? Tag questions in Glasgow Scots 219
- A prosodic constraint on prenominal modification 245
- Cartography cannot express scrambling restrictions – but interface-driven relational approaches can 265
- Head movement as a syntax-phonology interface phenomenon 303
- Index 331
