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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticVan Ness, Silke
Title, AnalyticReview Article: The Current Status of Research on German Dialects in North America
Journal TitleAmerican Speech
Date of PublicationWinter 1995
Volume ID70
Issue ID4
Location in Work401-414
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ContentsReviewed Work(s): The German Language in America, 1683-1991 by Joseph C. Salmons -- Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana by Philip E. Webber -- Vom (Nieder-) Deutschen zum Englischen: Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Assimilation einer ländlichen Gemeinde im mittleren Westen Amerikas [From (Low-) German to English: Studies of Linguistic Assimilation in a Rural Community in the American Midwest] by Birgit Mertens -- Stability and Change in the Pennsylvania German Dialect of an Old Order Amish Community in Lancaster County by Barbara Meister Ferré.
AbstractThe books under review represent a cross section of the variables affecting shift and maintenance encountered in today's research on German dialects in North America. They reflect the breadth of current research on German dialects, while also pointing the way to what still can or should be done.
NotesIncludes bibliographical references.
Call NumberDigital file (PDF)
MKI TermsLinguistics/ German language (US) -- Dialects/ Research