Anti-contiguity : A Theory of Wh- Prosody Paperback / softback
by Jason (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, The Grad Kandybowicz
Part of the Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax series
Paperback / softback
Description
A recent wave of research has explored the link between wh- syntax and prosody, breaking with the traditional generative conception of a unidirectional syntax-phonology relationship.
In this book, Jason Kandybowicz develops Anti-contiguity Theory as a compelling alternative to Richards' Contiguity Theory to explain the interaction between the distribution of interrogative expressions and the prosodic system of a language.
Through original and highly detailed fieldwork on several under-studied West African languages (Krachi, Bono, Wasa, Asante Twi, and Nupe), Kandybowicz presents empirically and theoretically rich analyses bearing directly on a number of important theories of the syntax-prosody interface.
His observations and analyses stem from original fieldwork on all five languages and represent some of the first prosodic descriptions of the languages.
The book also considers data from thirteen additional typologically diverse languages to demonstrate the theory's reach and extendibility. Against the backdrop of data from eighteen languages, Anti-contiguity offers a new lens on the empirical and theoretical study of wh- prosody.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/12/2020
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- ISBN:9780197509746
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/12/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197509746
