This article tackles the optionality of focus fronting in Italian in terms of alternative spellout of the highest or lowest link of a movement chain. The two options are equally optimal in that the highest link satisfies Scope Transparency while the lowest link, bearing [focus] and attracting the nuclear pitch accent, satisfies Rightmostness; on the other hand, spellout of intermediate chain links satisfies neither principle, and it is therefore suboptimal. As for interrogative wh‐chains, it is argued that Rightmostness is nonapplicable, because in Italian the lowest link of the wh‐chain does not possess the [focus] feature; consequently, Scope Transparency always selects the highest chain link as the optimal spellout option.

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拼写重点关注的链条和Wh-Chains：以意大利为例

本文通过移动链的最高或最低链接的替代拼写方式解决了意大利语中的焦点前沿的可选项。这两个选项同样是最佳的，因为最高的链接满足“范围透明性”，而最低的链接具有[焦点]并吸引了核音高音，则满足“最右”。另一方面，中间链节的拼写都不满足任何原理，因此它不是最佳的。至于疑问句WH-链，有人认为Rightmostness是nonapplicable，因为在意大利的最低链接WH-链不具备的[焦点]功能; 因此，“范围透明度”始终选择最高链链接作为最佳拼写选项。