The Syntax-Prosody Interface: Catalan interrogative sentences headed by que

Pilar Prieto (ICREA - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Gemma Rigau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

 

3.1. Neutral polar questions in Central Catalan

(6) Falling pattern
(7) Rising pattern
que l’heu llogada-falling.wav
l’heu llogada-rising.wav

                       

 

3.2. Neutral polar questions in Balearic Catalan

(15) Majorcan Catalan
(16) Minorcan Catalan
que l’heu llogada-mallorquí.wav
que l’heu llogada-menorquí.wav

(18) Majorcan Catalan (offering yes-no question intonation)
voleu-un-caramel·lo-Palma.wav

(21) Minorcan Catalan (offering yes-no question intonation)
voleu-un-caramel·lo-migjorn.wav

 

 

4. Biased Polar questions in Catalan

(27) Anti-expectational headed by que

(28) Anti-expectational not headed by que

que us en aneu-falling.wav
us en aneu-antiexpect.wav

(32) Anti-expectational question headed by o (Minorcan)
o vindràs a Barcelona-Minorcan.wav

(34) Anti-expectational question headed by o (Majorcan)
o no estàs bo-Majorcan.wav

 

 

4.3. Other biased questions

(41) Exploratory question (Central Catalan)
que no sé que us voleu escapar.wav