TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kubozono, Haruo
T1  - Focus and intonation in japanese : does focus trigger pitch reset?
T2  - Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Prosody, Syntax, and Information Structure (WPSI 2) / Ishihara, Shinichiro (ed.) ; Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary studies on information structure (ISIS) ; Vol. 9
N2  - This paper discusses how focus change s prosodic structure in Tokyo Japanese. It is generally believed that focus blocks the intonational process of downstep and causes a pitch reset. This paper presents experimental evidence against this traditional view by looking at the prosodic behavior of Wh words, which receive focus lexically in Japanese as in other languages. It is demonstrated, specifically, that the focused Wh element does not block downstep although it receives a much higher pitch than its preceding element. This suggests that presence of lexical focus does not trigger pitch reset in Japanese.
KW  - Focus
KW  - Intonation
KW  - Japanese
KW  - Pitch Reset
KW  - Downstep
Y1  - 2007
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10030
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112258
UR  - http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/publications/isis09_1kubozono.pdf
SP  - 1
EP  - 27
PB  - Univ.-Verl.
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -