Segmental similarity between German exclamations and matrix wh-questions does not establish syntactic identity, because their prosodies differ and different prosodic contours can correspond to different syntactic structures.

Evidence (3)

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4

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