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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicMertens, Birgit
Title, MonographicVom (Nieder- ) Deutschen zum Englischen: Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Assimilation einer laendlichen Gemeinde im mittleren Westen Amerikas
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
PublisherUniversitaetsverlag C. Winter
Date of Publication1994
Extent of Work371, xl pages : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Series EditorHubertus Menke
Series TitleSprachgeschichte
Series Vol. IDBd. 2
ISBN9783825301750
AbstractA sociolinguistic study carried out primarily in the Low-German immigrant rural community of Holstein, Iowa with additional data from Schleswig, Iowa and the Amana Colonies (Hessen immigrant) area in Iowa.
NotesOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitaet Kiel, 1991. Includes bibliographical references. Inscribed to and donated by Philip Webber.
Call NumberMKI PF 5938 .5 .M54 M47 1994
MKI TermsSociolinguistics./ Low German language -- Middle West./ German immigrants -- Iowa.