Quantifier Scope and Prosodic Effects in Russian

俄语中的量词范围和韵律效果

• 批准号: 0921856
• 负责人: John Bailyn
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0921856&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Quantifier; Scope; Prosodic; Effects; Russian; Quantifier; Scope; Prosodic; Effects; Russian

Quantifier scope ambiguities exist in sentences such as "Some student likes every teacher", in which "some student" could refer to a particular student, or to a different student for each teacher. These ambiguities have traditionally been investigated in the generative literature by relying on intuitions of native speakers to introspect on which interpretations are and are not available. Such studies tend to ignore extra-syntactic factors such as prosody and information structure because such sentences are typically read silently. There is currently a growing body of evidence, however, suggesting that extra-syntactic information, especially sentence prosody, is relevant for determining which scope interpretations are available. This project investigates the complex phenomenon of quantifier scope in Russian focusing on the role of prosodic cues in determining the interpretation(s) of potentially scopally ambiguous sentences. The project will conduct experiments in which native speakers are presented with such sentences under different prosodic patterns. The goal is to determine whether the distinct intonations result in different scope interpretations.The experimental results obtained in this project will contribute to the description of the intonational of Russian and clarify the status of quantifier scope ambiguities that have been much debated in the recent literature on Russian syntax. The results will further the field's understanding of quantifier scope in relation to less well understood aspects prosody. The project's focus on the interaction of prosody, syntax, and semantics contributes to the growing body of work investigating interface effects in language, particularly the relationship between prosody and meaning. It also highlights the need for experimental research methods to answer linguistic questions.

量词范围歧义存在于诸如“某些学生喜欢每个老师”之类的句子中，其中“某些学生”可以指代特定的学生，或者为每个老师提供其他学生。传统上，这些歧义是通过依靠母语人士的直觉来进行内省的，对哪种解释是哪些解释和无法使用的。这样的研究倾向于忽略诸如韵律和信息结构之类的诸如韵律和信息结构之类的外句话。但是，目前有越来越多的证据表明，超音法的信息，尤其是句子韵律与确定可用的范围解释有关。该项目研究了俄罗斯在俄罗斯范围中的复杂现象，专注于韵律线索在确定潜在范围歧义句子的解释中的作用。该项目将进行实验，其中以不同的韵律模式向以这种句子呈现这种句子。目的是确定独特的语调是否导致不同的范围解释。该项目中获得的实验结果将有助于描述俄罗斯的原则，并阐明量化器范围范围歧义的状态，这些范围歧义歧义在最近关于俄罗斯语法的文献中引起了很多争议。结果将使该领域对量化器范围的理解相对于不太了解的方面韵律。该项目对韵律，语法和语义的相互作用的关注，有助于不断增长的工作体系调查语言中的界面效应，尤其是韵律与意义之间的关系。它还强调了需要实验研究方法回答语言问题的必要性。