The syntax and prosody of Focus: the Bantu-Italian connection
This paper provides an overview of the literature on the syntax and prosody of focus in some of the Bantu languages (Kimatuumbi, Chimwiini, Chichewa) and in Italian, and it argues that, despite their typological distance, they share much in common with respect to both the syntax and prosody of focus...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/72534 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/72534 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Prosodic phrasing Strong prosodic boundary Weak prosodic boundary Focus High focus position Low focus position Functional domain Lexical domain Prosodic emargination Right-dislocation Fraseo prosódico Marca prosódica fuerte Marca prosódica débil Foco Posición superior de foco Posición inferior de foco Dominio funcional Dominio léxico ‘Marginación’ prosódica Dislocación a la derecha Fraseamento prosódico Fronteira prosódica forte Fronteira prosódica fraca Posição de foco alta Posição de foco baixa Domínio funcional Domínio lexical Marginalização prosódica Deslocação à direita |
| Sumario: | This paper provides an overview of the literature on the syntax and prosody of focus in some of the Bantu languages (Kimatuumbi, Chimwiini, Chichewa) and in Italian, and it argues that, despite their typological distance, they share much in common with respect to both the syntax and prosody of focus: 1) both language types have an active low Focus position (Belletti 2004, Aboh 2007); and 2) the Focus position triggers the insertion of a strong prosodic boundary, which gives rise to a ‚ripple effect‛ in that phrases to the right of Foc are similarly flanked by a comparable prosodic boundary. The view outlined here argues in favor of a stronger syntax-prosody connection than is generally recognized in current approaches. |
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