On the (lack of) correspondence between syntactic clauses and intonational phrases

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In this talk, I will discuss the syntax–prosody mapping at the clause-level, or the potential absence thereof. In particular, we reexamine the validity and the necessity of the clause-level mapping constraint, MatchClause, proposed in Match Theory (Selkirk 2009, 2011). First, it will be shown, based on the results of previous empirical studies, that data from embedded clauses in Japanese do not provide positive evidence for MatchClause. The discussion includes a critical review of Selkirk's (2009) analysis of wh-prosody in Fukuoka Japanese. Secondly, it will be claimed, following other recent proposals in the literature, clausehood is irrelevant in what has been assumed to be mapping between so-called illocutionary clauses to intonational phrases. An alternative approach is suggested in which the intonational phrase is related to speech acts rather than the syntactic clausehood.

Period	2023 Apr 24
Event title	32nd Colloquium on Generative Grammar
Event type	Conference
Conference number	32
Location	Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International