This article investigates the intonation of the left periphery and its relationship with discourse and syntax. While some authors hypothesize that intonational patterns align with discourse functions (Bianchi & Frascarelli 2010, Frascarelli & Hinterhölzl 2007), others argue that intonational patterns are correlated with different types of constructions (Feldhausen 2016). In order to solve whether discourse or syntax predicts intonation in the left periphery, 12 participants completed a scripted production task. Two syntactic constructions, focus fronting and clitic‐doubled left dislocation, and two discourse functions, contrast and familiarity, were combined into three conditions: (i) contrastive–focus fronting, (ii) contrastive–clitic‐doubled left dislocation, and (iii) familiar–clitic‐doubled left dislocation. Results show that the overall intonational pattern of the left periphery aligns to construction type, with focus fronting presenting one nuclear configuration (L+H* L‐ no‐pause) and clitic‐doubled left dislocation presenting a different one (L+H* !H no‐pause). These findings are consistent with the construction‐based hypothesis and challenge the discourse‐based hypothesis.

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左外围的语调：语用学还是语法？

本文研究左边缘的语调及其与语篇和语法的关系。虽然一些作者假设国际化模式与话语功能相符（Bianchi和Frascarelli，2010； Frascarelli和Hinterhölzl，2007），但另一些人则认为，国际化模式与不同类型的构造相关（Feldhausen，2016）。为了解决话语或语法是否会预测左边缘的语调，12位参与者完成了脚本制作任务。两种句法结构，焦点集中和气候双左位错，以及两种话语功能，对比和熟悉，被组合成三个条件：（i）对比-焦点集中，（ii）对比-气候双位错，和（iii ）-熟悉的气候-左错位加倍。结果表明，左外围的整体民族形态与建筑类型一致，焦点前沿呈现出一种核构型（L + H * L-无停顿），而气候翻倍的左位错呈现出另一种核型（L + H *！ H无暂停）。这些发现与基于建构的假设是一致的，并且挑战了基于话语的假设。