L’hai messo DOVE il focus? Un’analisi prosodica delle domande eco wh

Claudia Crocco; Linda Badan

doi:10.17469/O2102AISV000011

Authors

Claudia Crocco Department of Linguistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Linda Badan Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17469/O2102AISV000011

Keywords:

domanda wh- neutra, domanda wh- eco, focus, italiano di Este, interfaccia sintassi-prosodia, prominence, phrasing

Abstract

In this paper we explore the prosody of regular and echo wh- questions in Este Italian. We analyzed 40 regular and 40 echo wh- questions introduced by dove, collected by means of a reading task and produced by 4 native speakers. Regular questions are phrased in two φ separated by a L-. The first phrase has an H+L* L- tune with the pitch accent (PA) associated to the verb. The second phrase can be realized with different tunes. Regular wh- questions in Este Italian share several features with their counterparts in other Italian varieties. Echo questions are also phrased in two units. The tune of the first phrase is L+¡H* H-H% with the PA associated to the wh-. The tune of the second phrase is L*+H H-H%. Echo questions are characterized by an expanded pitch range