Investigating interfaces: an experimental approach to focus in Sicilian Italian

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  • Raffaella Folli School of Communication, University of Ulster, UK Author
  • Elinor Payne Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, UK Author

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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0027/000027

Abstract

This paper describes an investigation of the syntax-prosody interface in the expression of focus in Sicilian Italian. It finds evidence of a generalised reversal of the articulation of information structure, with new information often preceding old, and of intonational differentiation between focus types.

References

Cruschina, S. (forthcoming), Informational focus in Sicilian. To appear in M. Frascarelli (ed.), Phases of Interpretation. Berlin, Mouton.

Frascarelli, M. 2000. The Syntax-Phonology Interface in Focus and Topic Constructions in Italian. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Poletto, C. and Benincà, P. 2002. Topic, Focus and V2: defining the CP sublayers, in L. Rizzi (ed.) (2004) The structure of IP and CP. Vol. 2, OUP.

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01-01-2006

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Vol. 1 (2006): Proceedings of the 1st Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics

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Proceedings Papers

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Investigating interfaces: an experimental approach to focus in Sicilian Italian. (2006). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 1(1), 133-136. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0027/000027

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