Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences
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Prosodic disambiguation of scopally ambiguous sentences
These two interpretations may be teased apart, of course, given a discourse context in which it is clear that none or some of the men went. However, it has also been claimed that the way in which these sentences (and other scopally ambiguous sentences) are uttered also serves to tip the speaker’s hand and indicate which of the two interpretations was intended. Specifically, (1) when uttered wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2175-8026,0101-4846
DOI: 10.5007/2175-8026.2020v73n3p13