| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 935462 | Lingua | 2013 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
I will extend Kitagawa and Deguchi's (2003) prosodic study of wh-question constructions to indeterminate constructions in general. I will generalize the Watanabe paradigm (Watanabe, 1992a) originally defined for wh-interrogatives to indeterminates in general. I will show that the Watanabe paradigm once lost in a narrower perspective is regained in a broader perspective.
► Wh-inderminates under the scope of mo ‘even/also’ have two distinct prosodic patterns. ► Raising Intonation (RI), unique to wh+mo, has not been properly analyzed before. ► Various aspects of wh-island effects in RI are closely examined. ► Additional wh-effects of Watanabe, 1992a and Watanabe, 1992b re-surface with RI.
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Authors
S.-Y. Kuroda,