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FormatSound Recording
Title, AnalyticGerman Words American Voices = Deutsche Woerter Amerikanische Stimmen
Author, MonographicLouden, Mark Laurence
Place of PublicationMadison, WI
PublisherMax Kade Institute
Date of Publication2007
Extent of Work1 audio disc (25 min., 38 sec.)
Size4 3/4 in. + booklet
Address/AvailabilityMax Kade Institute for German-American Studies (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
AbstractAccompanying booklet contains transcripts, English translations, and commentary.Contents: Wisconsin Oderbruechisch: Introduction/Einfuehrung -- German roots/Deutsche wurzeln -- Wisconsin high German: The founding of Freistadt/Freistadt wird gegruendet --Wisconsin Pommersch: Early contacts with Indians/Fruehe begegnungen mit Indianern -- Rural trilingualism/Dreisprachigkeit auf dem lande -- Texas German: Grandpa and the Indian/Opa und der Indianer -- Texas German: A story from Fredericksburg/Eine Friedrichsburger erzaehlung -- Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania): Powwowing/Die braucherei -- Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania): A friend from Germany/Eine bekannte aus Deutschland -- Pennsylvania Dutch (Midwest): Amish school life/Der alltag in einer amischen schule -- Midwestern English: The benefits of being bilingual/Von den vorteilen, zweisprachig zu sein.
Notes2 copies (second copy missing booklet.) Spoken word sound clips in German. Three states where varieties of German have survived the longest after immigration are represented: Wisconsin, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
Call NumberMKI E 184 .G3 G47 2007
MKI TermsGerman language -- Dialects/ Wisconsin/ Pennsylvania/ Texas/ Recording