Negação, prosódia e foco em diálogos do alemão

Syntactic negation and particularly the position of the negative particle nicht are challenging themes not only for learners of German as a foreign language, but also for teachers and researchers of the grammar of German. This paper gives an overview of recent studies related to negation in Modern German. In its main part, it presents results of empirical research on the relationship between syntax and prosody in the field of negation