One function of prosodic phrasing is its role in aiding in the recoverability of syntactic
structure. In recent years, a growing body of work suggests it is possible to find concrete …

This article analyzes mismatches between syntactic and prosodic constituency in Irish and
attempts to understand those mismatches in terms of recent proposals about the nature of …

To date, no real consensus has emerged among syntacticians about how to derive verb-
initial order (V1); but the two main approaches, V 0-raising and VP-raising, receive …

The syntax-prosody interface concerns the relationship between syntactic and prosodic
constituent structure. This paper provides an overview of theoretical advances in research …

This article analyzes a certain class of misalignments found in contemporary Irish in the
relation between syntactic and phonological representations. The mismatches analyzed turn …

In work on the syntax-prosody interface, there is a prevalent idea that while lexical
categories are preferentially mapped to prosodic words, no such pressure exists for …

This article deals with a so-far unnoticed phenomenon in prosodic phonology, which we dub
prosodic smothering. Prosodic smothering arises when the prosodic status of a clitic or affix …

This paper argues for a uniform X0‐raising analysis of VSO and VOS word order in Niuean.
Accounting for VSO via X0 raising has a strong foundation in the V1 literature; the claim that …

This chapter presents several approaches to the syntax of verb-initial (V1) languages with a
special emphasis on Mayan and Austronesian languages. Some V1 languages are strictly …

The central question addressed in this chapter1 concerns the extent to which prosodic
structure can be used as a diagnostic for syntactic structure. I take as a point of departure …