Focus, phrase length, and the distribution of phrase-initial rises in French

This study addresses the relationship between information structure and intonation in French. More specifically, it tests whether phrase-initial rises (LHi) are associated with the left edge of contrastively focused constituents in wh-interrogatives. Since LHi distribution has also been correlated...

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Main Authors: German, James, D'Imperio, Mariapaola
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107451
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25513
http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu/papers/100207.pdf