Surprise questions in spoken French
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21226722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Agnès Celle (0000-0002-7604-2659, Université Paris Cité, corresponding author), Maud Pélissier (0000-0001-6639-9665, Université Paris Cité) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | s2 |
| Pages | 287-302 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics Vanguard (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2199-174X • E-ISSN: 2199-174X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/lingvan-2020-0109 |
| OpenAlex | W4210693355 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 23 |
This paper offers a pragmatic account of two wh -questions in French used non-canonically - c’est quoi, ce N and qu’est-ce que constructions. It is claimed that in this non-canonical use, both constructions express surprise. As these constructions may be syntactically ambiguous between an information-seeking reading and a surprise reading, it is expected that the two readings differ in terms of prosody. This hypothesis is supported by the results of a production experiment. Experimental evidence shows significant prosodic differences between syntactically similar information-seeking questions and surprise questions. Surprise questions exhibit an increase in lengthening, slower speech rate and less frequent rising final contours
Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Prosody · Surprise · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 2.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |