Abstract In this article, we propose an analysis of the so-called echo wh-questions in situ in Italian at syntax–prosody interface. We conduct a prosodic analysis under an experimental approach, showing that a focalized wh-word in echo wh-questions shows its own peculiar properties, different from informative and corrective focus, so that we can analyze it as an instance of Mirative focus. We demonstrate that the wh-word in echo wh-questions occupies a focus position in the low periphery of the clause. We also argue that this position has syntactic properties that, interlaced together with the prosodic properties, lead us to define the projection as a dedicated focus projection for Mirative focus. Crucially, the focus position within the low periphery activated in an echo wh-question, has different syntactic, prosodic and interpretive properties with respect to the informational focus, and to the corrective focus. Therefore, at a general level, our analysis strengthens the idea that partly different intonations and interpretations are associated to positions within the low periphery as opposed to the positions in the left periphery.

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专注于意大利语回声问题：语法-韵律界面的分析

摘要在本文中，我们提出了一种在语法-韵律界面上对意大利语中所谓的回声问题的分析。我们在实验方法下进行了韵律分析，结果表明回声问问题中的集中问语词表现出其独特的特性，与信息和纠正重点不同，因此我们可以将其作为Mirative焦点的一个实例进行分析。我们证明，回声wh问题中的wh词在该子句的低边缘处占据焦点位置。我们还认为，该位置具有句法属性，与韵律属性交织在一起，使我们将投影定义为Mirative焦点的专用焦点投影。至关重要的是，在回声问题中激活的低周界内的焦点位置具有不同的句法，关于信息重点和矫正重点的韵律和解释性质。因此，从总体上讲，我们的分析加强了这样的观念，即与左下边缘的位置相对应的是，低下边缘的位置与部分不同的语调和解释相关。