Japanese <i>wh</i>-questions always exhibit focus intonation (FI). Furthermore,
the domain of FI exhibits a correspondence to the <i>wh</i>-scope. I
propose that this phonology-semantics correspondence is a result of
the cyclic computation of FI, which is explained under the notion of
<i>Multiple Spell-Out</i> in the recent Minimalist framework. The proposed
analysis makes two predictions: (1) embedding of an FI into another
is possible; (2) (overt) movement of a <i>wh</i>-phrase to a phase edge position
causes a mismatch between FI and <i>wh</i>-scope. Both predictions are
tested experimentally, and shown to be borne out.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:839 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Ishihara, Shinichiro |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632. - Vol. 1 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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