Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences
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Resumo: | This paper examines the effect of intonation contour on two types of scopally ambiguous constructions in English: configurations with a universal quantifier in subject position and sentential negation (e.g., Every horse didn’t jump) and configurations with quantifiers in both subject and object positions (e.g., A girl saw every boy). There is much prior literature on the relationship between the fall-rise intonation and availability of inverse scope with quantifier-negation configurations. The present study has two objectives: (1) to examine whether the role of intonation in facilitating inverse scope is restricted to this configuration, or whether it extends to double-quantifier configurations as well; and (2) to examine whether fall-rise intonation fully disambiguates the sentence, or only facilitates inverse scope. These questions were investigated experimentally, via an auditory acceptability judgment task, in which native English speakers rated the acceptability of auditorily presented sentences in contexts matching surface-scope vs. inverse-scope readings. The results provide evidence that fall-rise intonation facilitates the inverse-scope readings of English quantifier-negation configurations (supporting findings from prior literature), but not those of double-quantifier configurations. |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentencesEfeitos entonacionais em frases ambíguas em inglêsThis paper examines the effect of intonation contour on two types of scopally ambiguous constructions in English: configurations with a universal quantifier in subject position and sentential negation (e.g., Every horse didn’t jump) and configurations with quantifiers in both subject and object positions (e.g., A girl saw every boy). There is much prior literature on the relationship between the fall-rise intonation and availability of inverse scope with quantifier-negation configurations. The present study has two objectives: (1) to examine whether the role of intonation in facilitating inverse scope is restricted to this configuration, or whether it extends to double-quantifier configurations as well; and (2) to examine whether fall-rise intonation fully disambiguates the sentence, or only facilitates inverse scope. These questions were investigated experimentally, via an auditory acceptability judgment task, in which native English speakers rated the acceptability of auditorily presented sentences in contexts matching surface-scope vs. inverse-scope readings. The results provide evidence that fall-rise intonation facilitates the inverse-scope readings of English quantifier-negation configurations (supporting findings from prior literature), but not those of double-quantifier configurations.Este artigo examina o efeito do contorno de entonação em dois tipos de construções escopalmente ambíguas em inglês: configurações com um quantificador universal na posição do sujeito e negação sentencial (por exemplo, Cada cavalo não saltou) e configurações com quantificadores nas posições do sujeito e do objeto ( por exemplo, uma menina viu todos os meninos). Há muita literatura anterior sobre a relação entre a entonação queda-ascensão e a disponibilidade de escopo inverso com configurações de quantificador-negação. O presente estudo tem dois objetivos: (1) examinar se o papel da entonação em facilitar o escopo inverso é restrito a essa configuração, ou se ela se estende também a configurações de quantificador duplo; e (2) examinar se a entonação ascendente elimina totalmente a ambiguidade da frase ou apenas facilita o escopo inverso. Essas questões foram investigadas experimentalmente, por meio de uma tarefa de julgamento de aceitabilidade auditiva, na qual falantes nativos de inglês classificaram a aceitabilidade de sentenças apresentadas auditivamente em contextos correspondentes às leituras de escopo de superfície vs. escopo inverso. Os resultados fornecem evidências de que a entonação queda-ascensão facilita as leituras de escopo inverso das configurações de quantificador-negação em inglês (apoiando os resultados da literatura anterior), mas não as de configurações de quantificador duplo.UFSC2020-10-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionexperimentalapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7262310.5007/2175-8026.2020v73n3p13Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; Vol. 73 No. 3 (2020): English grammar: theoretical and experimental investigations; 13-36Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; v. 73 n. 3 (2020): English grammar: theoretical and experimental investigations; 13-362175-80260101-4846reponame:Ilha do Desterroinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCenghttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/72623/44505Copyright (c) 2020 Mien-Jen Wu, Tania Ioninhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWu, Mien-JenIonin, Tania2020-10-22T17:34:03Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/72623Revistahttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterroPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/oaiilha@cce.ufsc.br||corseuil@cce.ufsc.br||ilhadodesterro@gmail.com2175-80260101-4846opendoar:2020-10-22T17:34:03Ilha do Desterro - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences Efeitos entonacionais em frases ambíguas em inglês |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences Wu, Mien-Jen |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences |
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Wu, Mien-Jen |
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Wu, Mien-Jen Ionin, Tania |
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Ionin, Tania |
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This paper examines the effect of intonation contour on two types of scopally ambiguous constructions in English: configurations with a universal quantifier in subject position and sentential negation (e.g., Every horse didn’t jump) and configurations with quantifiers in both subject and object positions (e.g., A girl saw every boy). There is much prior literature on the relationship between the fall-rise intonation and availability of inverse scope with quantifier-negation configurations. The present study has two objectives: (1) to examine whether the role of intonation in facilitating inverse scope is restricted to this configuration, or whether it extends to double-quantifier configurations as well; and (2) to examine whether fall-rise intonation fully disambiguates the sentence, or only facilitates inverse scope. These questions were investigated experimentally, via an auditory acceptability judgment task, in which native English speakers rated the acceptability of auditorily presented sentences in contexts matching surface-scope vs. inverse-scope readings. The results provide evidence that fall-rise intonation facilitates the inverse-scope readings of English quantifier-negation configurations (supporting findings from prior literature), but not those of double-quantifier configurations. |
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