On the (lack of) correspondence between syntactic clauses and intonational phrases

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Abstract This chapter discusses the syntax–prosody mapping at the clause-level, or the potential absence thereof. In particular, it reexamines the validity and the necessity of the clause-level mapping constraint, MATCHCLAUSE, proposed in Match theory (Selkirk 2009, 2011). First, it will be shown, based on the results of previous empirical studies, that data from embedded clauses in Japanese do not provide positive evidence for MATCHCLAUSE. The discussion includes a critical review of Selkirk’s (2009) analysis of wh-prosody in Fukuoka Japanese. Secondly, it will be claimed, following other recent proposals in the literature, clausehood is irrelevant in what has been assumed to be mapping between so-called illocutionary clauses to intonational phrases (ι). An alternative approach is suggested in which the intonational phrase (ι) is related to speech acts rather than the syntactic clausehood.

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