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- Title
Prosody as an argument for a layered left periphery.
- Authors
De Clercq, Karen
- Abstract
Van Heuven and Haan's (2000, 2002) experimental work on the prosody of Dutch question types found that the prosodic signalling of interrogativity is stronger for declarative questions, less so for yes/no-questions and even less so for wh-questions. This paper shows how the sequence established on prosodic grounds (declarative questions > yes/no questions > wh questions > statements) is mirrored in the functional hierarchy in syntax. Prosody therefore provides an argument for a detailed left periphery (Rizzi 1997, 2001; Haegeman & Hill 2013).
- Subjects
VERSIFICATION; SYNTAX (Grammar); CLAUSES (Grammar); SPEECH acts (Linguistics); COMPLEMENTIZERS (Grammar)
- Publication
Dutch Linguistics / Nederlandse Taalkunde, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1384-5845
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5117/NEDTAA2017.1.DECL