Maltese question word interrogatives are shown to have an alternation in the association of postlexical tones with the question word. Tones associate with the left edge of the question word in direct questions, and with the lexically stressed syllable in indirect questions and when quoted. This alternation holds regardless of the metrical structure of the word. Maltese is thus the first language with lexical stress to be described as having a pragmatically conditioned alternation between fully-fledged pitch accents and pitch events without association to stress.

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压力，音调重音及其他：马耳他语问题中的语调

马耳他语疑问词疑问词在后词汇语调与疑问词的关联中显示出一种交替。在直接疑问句中，声调与疑问词的左边缘相关联；在间接疑问句中和引用时，声调与词法重读音节相关。无论单词的音调结构如何，这种交替都成立。因此，马耳他语是第一种具有词法重音的语言，被描述为在成熟的音高重音与音高事件之间具有务实的条件交替，而与压力无关。