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AUCH AND NOCH IN CHILD AND ADULT GERMAN. Ulrike Nederstigt. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. xiii + 406. $106.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2007

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AUCHANDNOCH IN CHILD AND ADULT GERMAN. Ulrike Nederstigt. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. xiii + 406. $106.00 cloth.

Nederstigt's volume offers a detailed and comprehensive treatment of the usage and acquisition of two German focus particles, auch (roughly “also”) and noch (roughly “still”). In view of the ubiquity of auch and noch in adult language and their early emergence in first language (L1) development, Nederstigt's work is a substantial addition to the as-yet small body of existing research. This study is an impressively thorough and rigorous analysis of auch and noch in both adult and child speech that emphasizes the importance of investigating natural spoken discourse to gain maximally informative insights into patterns of usage and sequences of acquisition.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 137 - 139
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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