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Non-canonical questions at the syntax–prosody interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2023

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Université Paris Cité, CLILLAC-ARP UR 3967, 8 place Paul Ricoeur, 75013 Paris, France
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This special issue is dedicated to the syntax-prosody interface in non-canonical questions and originated in the international workshop Non-Canonical Questions at the Syntax-Prosody Interface, organised at the Université Paris Cité and held online in November 2020. Recent research has demonstrated that the phonology-syntax relation cannot solely account for prosodic structure, prosody being closely intertwined with discourse organisation, information structure and focus structure (Gussenhoven 1983, Féry 2001). Questions are a case in point, as they crucially call on the addressee before a proposition may be added to the common ground.

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Special Section: Non-canonical questions at the syntax–prosody interface
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , February 2024 , pp. 1 - 6
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