The syntax and semantics of focus and scope and the empirical examination by phonetic experiments and corpus research.

本文运用句法学、语义学和音系学的理论工具，对与焦点和范围相关的语言现象进行了理论分析，并以语料库为基础，结合语音实验和研究，对理论分析进行了实证检验，具体涉及的语言现象包括：话题构式、（具体）分裂构式、涉及WH表达式的各种构式、数量构式、否定构式。我们将研究与焦点和范围相关的句法和语义因素与语音因素如语调之间的密切互动。在进行实际分析时，理论设计的语音实验将结合句法分析。也将考虑在这些事实领域表现出的语言变异。

This study is a theoretical attempt to analyze linguistic phenomena related with focus and scope using the theoretical apparatus of syntax, semantics, and phonology, and to examine the theoretical analysis empirically in light of phonetic experiments and research based on corpus.The specific linguistic phenomena dealt with here include: topic constructions, (specificational) cleft constructions, various constructions involving WH expressions, quantificational constructions, negative constructions. We will study the close interaction between the syntactic and semantic factors related with focus and scope on the one hand and phonological factors such as intonation. In proceeding with the actual analyses, theoretically-designed phonetic experiments will be incorporated in syntactic analysis. Also considered will be linguistic variation manifested in these factual areas.