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Anti-Contiguity: A Theory of Wh- Prosody (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) - Softcover

Book 43 of 46: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Kandybowicz

 
9780197509746: Anti-Contiguity: A Theory of Wh- Prosody (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
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ISBN 10: 0197509746 ISBN 13: 9780197509746
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Jason Kandybowicz is Associate Professor of Linguistics at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He specializes in the syntax of West African languages and has published extensively on a variety of topics in formal syntax, field linguistics, and the syntax-phonology interface. He is the author of The Grammar of Repetition: Nupe Grammar at the Syntax-Phonology Interface (2008) and co-editor of Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches (OUP 2017).

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0197509746
ISBN 13 
9780197509746
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176