章振邦语法英语句子汉译:否定与否定焦点
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					(2020-06-14 09:15:31)		| 标签: 365否定焦点标点符号重要 | 
否定焦点
否定焦点 
(focus 
of negation), 
是指在口语中表示对比含义的否定调核在旬中的确切位置;此种调核的位置,往往引起否定范围被分隔,从而导致整个句子意义的改变
所谓否定范围被分隔,是指在否定词和被否定的词语之间存在着肯定的部分,本书用(
)表示;有时,否定词之前的部分也可能包括在否定范围以内。试观察以下诸例:
现在让我们来分析以上诸旬,要注意句中“否定焦点“落在何处,这涉及“否定范围”被分隔的情况(其中被肯定的部分用(
)表示)。
[l] 
无对比含义,此句相当于:I
didn't / forgot to take 
Tom 
to swim 
in 
the pool today.
[2] 
的否定焦点落在 
Tom 
上,意思是:I
took 
someone to swim 
in 
the pool, but 
it 
wasn't 
Tom.
[3] 
的否定焦点落在 
wim 
上,意思是:I
took Tom to the pool today just to 
see it.
[4] 
的否定焦点落在 
pool 
上,意思是:I
took Tom to swim at the seaside, not 
in 
the pool.
[5] 
的否定焦点落在 
today 
上,意思是:I
did take Tom to swim 
in 
the pool, but not today.
[6] 
的否定焦点落在 
上,意思是:It
was my wife who took 
Tom 
to swim 
in 
the pool today.
根据否定焦点也可判断否定范围是否扩及从属分句。 
在[l]
[3] 
两句中,否定焦点分别落在 
poetry 和 asked
上,主句与从句同属一个语调组,从而 
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