TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ishihara, Shinichiro
T1  - Prosody by phase : evidence from focus intonation–Wh-scope correspondence in Japanese
T2  - Interdisciplinary studies on information structure / Ishihara, S., M. Schmitz and A. Schwarz (eds.) ; Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary studies on information structure ; Vol. 1
N2  - Japanese wh-questions always exhibit focus intonation (FI). Furthermore, the domain of FI exhibits a correspondence to the wh-scope. I propose that this phonology-semantics correspondence is a result of the cyclic computation of FI, which is explained under the notion of Multiple Spell-Out 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 wh-phrase to a phase edge position causes a mismatch between FI and wh-scope. Both predictions are tested experimentally, and shown to be borne out.
KW  - Japanese
KW  - wh-question
KW  - prosody
KW  - focus intonation
KW  - wh-scope
KW  - cyclicity
KW  - phase
KW  - Multiple Spell-Out
Y1  - 2004
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10060
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112513
UR  - http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/publications/isis01_3ishihara.pdf
SP  - 77
EP  - 119
PB  - Univ.-Verl.
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -