운율의 통사와 정보구조로의 영향

The Influence of the Prosody on the Syntactic and Informational Structures

This paper examines how the prosody (especially intonation) can influence syntactic and semantic structures through the valuation of the Q-feature of C. It is assumed that the Q-feature of C is unvalued and explores how this feature can be valued. To begin with, the valuation of the Q-feature of C in yes-no questions is divided into two cases: the final endings that can have an interrogative feature and those that can not. Endings like ‘-ni’ and ‘-kka’ inherently carry the Q-feature when they are introduced into C, can agree with and value the Q-feature of C. On the other hand, final endings like ‘-e’ do not inherently have the Q-feature and, thus, cannot agree with the Q-feature of C in the same way. In such cases, it is argued that the Q-feature of C can be valued through (the interrogative feature of) the intonation. A similar explanation is proposed for the valuation of the Q- and wh-feature of C in wh-questions.