Samek-Lodovici, V;
(2019)
Prosody-Driven Scrambling in Italian.
In: Feldhausen, I and Elsig, M and Kuchenbrandt, I and Neuhaus, M, (eds.)
Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 15: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' 30, Frankfurt.
(pp. 178-196).
John Benjamins: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Italian displays a scrambling pattern where the structure of the constituent following a postverbal focus affects which of its components can scramble before the focus . The actual governing factor is the prosodic phrasing pro-jected by the postfocal constituent. Scrambling is only possible when it im-proves the stress alignment with the right boundary of the intonational phrase wrapping the sentence. This study provides further evidence that the classic T-model where syntax feeds prosody needs to be replaced by a new model where prosody and syntax interact. As this study shows, OT provides a possi-ble model for such interaction that entirely dispenses with interface-related stipulations.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Prosody-Driven Scrambling in Italian |
| ISBN-13: | 9789027203373 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://benjamins.com/catalog/rllt.15.09sam |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Prosody Syntax interface, Focus, Focalization, Information Structure, Scrambling, Prosody, Italian |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1565218 |
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