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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Seifert, Lester W. J. |
| Title, Analytic | [Review of] "Changes in an obsolescing language: Pennsylvania German in West Virginia" by Silke Van Ness. Tuebingen: Gunter Narr, 1990. xiv + 161 pages. DM 56,-. |
| Journal Title | Monatshefte |
| Date of Publication | Winter 1993 |
| Volume ID | 85 |
| Issue ID | 4 |
| Location in Work | 487-490 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0026-9271 |
| Abstract | Reviews investigation which documents the changes occurring in Pennsylvania German, nearing extinction. West Virginia is in many ways different from other dialects of Pennsylvania German; e.g., West Virginia owes its survival to geographical isolation, while other varieties of Pennsylvania German owe their maintenance to practices of religious groups. West Virginia both preserves archaic features and undergoes interesting sound transformations and simplifications of its own. |
| Notes | Photocopy of review. MKI owns reviewed book: MKI PF 5937 .W4 Y5 1990 |
| Call Number | P2000-23 |
| MKI Terms | Book reviews/ Pennsylvania-German dialect |