Auch and Noch in Child and Adult German.

Intro -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Focus particles in German - a first analysis -- 1.2. Acquiring focus particles -- 1.3. Some differences between auch and noch in adult German -- 1.4. Constructed examples vs. natural discourse -- 1.5. Rationale of this study -- 1.6. Organisation of this book -- Chapter 2. Focus particles - A review of the literature -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The meaning of auch and noch -- 2.3. The syntax of auch and noch -- 2.4. The prosody of focus particle utterances -- 2.5. Information structure, focus and the domain of application -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Auch and noch in spoken German - Aim, data and method of the study -- 3.1. The aim of the study -- 3.2. The data -- 3.3. The method -- Chapter 4. Results -- 4.1. Quantitative results -- 4.2. Qualitative results -- Chapter 5. Conclusions and discussion -- 5.1. Usage patterns of auch and noch -- 5.2. The importance of contextual information -- 5.3. Intonation of auch- and noch-utterances -- 5.4. The meaning of auch and noch -- 5.5. The syntax of auch and noch -- 5.6. The analysi of focus particles -- Chapter 6. A fresh look at focus particles -- 6.1. Previous attempts -- 6.2. The analysis of AUCH -- 6.3. The analysis of auch -- 6.4. Auch and noch and the new analysis -- 6.5. Summary -- Chapter 7. Child language - Aim, data and method -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The data -- 7.3. Analysing child language -- Chapter 8. Child language results -- 8.1. Quantitative results -- 8.2. Qualitative results -- Chapter 9. The acquisition of Auch and Noch -- 9.1. A first comparison -- 9.2. The Acquisition of the two particles -- 9.3. Consequences for the acquisition of the two particles -- 9.4. The development of Auch and Noch -- 9.5. Summary -- Chapter 10. General conclusions and discussion -- 10.1. The empirical study of adult spoken German.

10.2. A new analysis of AUCH and auch -- 10.3. The two particles in child language -- 10.4. Learning to use Auch and Noch -- 10.5. Future research -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Subject index -- Author index.

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