In German, prosody interacts with quantifier scope. We investigate this interaction in inverse linking constructions. We present evidence from elicited production of linguistically naive speakers supporting the following two claims: 1) There are two kinds of inverse linking constructions of which only the prepositional type requires a marked intonation contour for inverse scope. 2) In the prepositional construction, a double focus contour is employed with inverse scope rather that a topic-focus (rise-fall) contour as previously assumed (Krifka 1998).
Cite as: Sauerland, U., Bott, O. (2002) Prosody and scope in German inverse linking constructions. Proc. Speech Prosody 2002, 623-626
@inproceedings{sauerland02_speechprosody,
author={Uli Sauerland and Oliver Bott},
title={{Prosody and scope in German inverse linking constructions}},
year=2002,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Prosody 2002},
pages={623--626}
}