Organisers: Pilar Prieto (ICREA-UAB, Barcelona) and
Sónia Frota (University of Lisbon)
Invited speaker: ELISABETH SELKIRK (UMASS, Amherst)
PROGRAMME
Generative approaches
to the syntax-phonology mapping have emphasized the correspondence
between grammatical boundaries and prosodic ones, and the role of syntax
on the prediction of prosodic phrase boundaries across languages.
Constraints such as edge alignment to syntactic constituents or heads (Selkirk
1986, 1995, 2000, Nespor & Vogel 1986), non-branching of constituents in
p-restructuring (Nespor & Vogel 1986) and the demand that each maximal
projection (XP) be contained in a phonological phrase (Truckenbrodt
1995, 1999) have been extensively used. Yet, in some recent work it is
becoming clear that these three basic syntactic conditions (Align/Branching/Wrap
constraints) are not sufficient and that prosodic constraints might play
an important role on phrasing decisions (Ghini 1993, Sandalo &
Truckenbrodt 2003, Selkirk 2000, 2005, Jun 2003, Elordieta et al in
press, Prieto in press). One of the aims of this workshop will be to
assess the relevance of syntactic and prosodic constraints (and their
interaction) in predicting prosodic phrase location across languages.
This workshop aims to
discuss issues on the interaction of prosody, syntax, and information
structure, from an interdisciplinary point of view. With this goal in
mind, we welcome researchers interested in any area of prosodic phrasing,
especially the relationship between prosody, syntax, and information
structure. We also hope to extend the discussion to other related
phenomena such as prosody and processing (production and perception of
prosodic phrasing) and the phonetic modelling of phrasing levels (phonetic
cues to different levels of prosodic breaks).
Topics of Discussion
The Relationship Between
Prosody and Syntax
The Relationship Between
Prosody and Information Structure
Prosody and Processing
(Production, Perception, Implicit Prosody)
Prosodic Modelling of Phrasing
Phonetic Cues to Different
Levels of Prosodic Phrasing
Write to
cg.phrasing@uab.es if you have any queries about the workshop.
