Accentual preferences and predictability: An acceptability study on split intransitivity in German
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- 作者：Elisabeth Verhoevena ; verhoeve@cms.hu-berlin.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Frank Kü ; glerb
- 关键词：Nuclear accent ; Prosodic phrasing ; Unaccusativity ; Unergative verbs ; Predictability ; Information structure
- 刊名：Lingua
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：October 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：165
- 期：part_PB
- 页码：298-315
- 全文大小：741 K
文摘
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We investigate the accentual structure of simple intransitive sentences in German.
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Acceptability ratings show that predictability influences accentuation.
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Highly predictable verbs do not bear the nuclear accent.
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The accentuation preferences for unergatives differ from those for passives.
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However, accentual preferences cannot be reduced to differences in predictability.