\contentsline {part}{PART 1: Focus in interaction with nominal quantifiers}{292} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introducing the data}{292} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Weak and strong determiners}{294} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Counting events: Washed cars and passing ships}{299} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}A formal account}{304} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Comparison with Topic-Focus Theories}{308} \contentsline {part}{PART 2: An application in adverbial semantics}{313} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Adverbs of manner in German}{313} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Adverbs and Negation}{322} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}Appendix}{325} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {9}Bibliography}{330}