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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicKeiser, Steven Hartman
Title, MonographicPennsylvania German in the American Midwest
Place of Publication[Durham, N.C., and London
PublisherDuke University Press
Date of Publication2012]
Extent of Workvi,197
Series TitlePublication of the American Dialect Society
Series Vol. ID96
AbstractProvides empirical details on the distribution of key linguistic variants in several Pennsylvania German-speaking communities in the Midwest and explores the internal changes, patterns of migration, and language contact that have led to the advanced geographic and social distribution of these features. --- Contents: The history of Pennsylvania German: from Europe to the Midwest -- Variation in Pennsylvania German: previous dialectological studies -- Methods and community descriptions -- The Midwestern vowel: monophthongization of "a" -- Midwestern consonants: variation in the liquids "r" and "l" -- Midwestern words: lexical and morphological variation -- Regional identity, ethnoreligious ideology, and change.
NotesSupplement to American Speech, vol. 86. --- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-194) and index.
Call NumberMKI PF 5937 M53
MKI TermsPennsylvania German dialect -- Middle West/ Pennsylvania German dialect -- Middle West -- Lexicology/ Pennsylvania German dialect -- Middle West -- Morphology/ German Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Language