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KMID : 1022420200120030041
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2020 Volume.12 No. 3 p.41 ~ p.53
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A prosodic cue representing scopes of wh-phrases in Korean: Focusing on North Gyeongsang Korean
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Yun Weon-Hee
Kim Ki-Tae
Park Sun-Woo
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Abstract
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A wh-phrase in an embedded sentence may have either an embedded or a matrix scope. Interpretation of a wh-phrase with a matrix scope has tended to be syntactically unacceptable unless the sentence reads with a wh-intonation. Previous studies have found two differences in prosodic characteristics between sentences with matrix and embedded scopes. Firstly, peak F0s in wh-phrases produced with an F0 compression wh-intonation are higher than those in indirect questions, and peak F0s in matrix verbs are lower than those in sentences with embedded scope. Secondly, a substantial F0 drop is found at the end of embedded sentences in indirect questions, whereas no F0 reduction at the same point is noticed in sentences with a matrix scope produced with a high plateau wh-intonation. However, these characteristics were not found in our experiment. This showed that a more compelling difference exists in the values obtained from subtraction between the peak F0s of each word (or a word plus an ending or case marker) and the F0s at the end of the word. Specifically, the gap between the peak F0 in a word composed with an embedded verb and the F0 at the end of the word, which is a complementizer in Korean, is large in embedded wh-scope sentences and low in matrix wh-scope sentences.
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KEYWORD
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syntax-phonology interface, wh-intonation, wh-scope, prosodic structure, wh-island constraint
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