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

本研究是运用句法、语义、音韵学等理论工具分析与焦点和范围相关的语言现象的理论尝试，并结合语料库的语音实验和研究对理论分析进行实证检验。具体的语言现象包括：话题结构、（具体的）裂缝结构、涉及WH表达的各种结构、数量结构、否定结构。我们将研究焦点和范围等句法和语义因素与语调等语音因素之间的密切相互作用。在进行实际分析的过程中，理论设计的语音实验将被纳入句法分析。还将考虑在这些事实领域中表现出来的语言变化。

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.