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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Salmons, Joseph |
| Title, Monographic | Language Shift and Community Structure: How and Why Wisconsin German Speakers Became English Monolinguals |
| Place of Publication | [Madison, Wis.] |
| Publisher | [Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies] |
| Date of Publication | [1999] |
| Extent of Work | 17 |
| Abstract | Argues that World War I was not the primary reason for the "death of German culture and language" in America, but that a shift of control of key community structures and institutions from the hands of "local German-speaking community members and into the hands of national and regional organizations" led to an enforced transition "to English in key contexts, [triggering] a slow chain of shift down to the level of the family and individual." |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes and references. Note: This is a "rough and incomplete draft." |
| Call Number | MKI P2012-4 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Language shift/ Communities/ Linguistics/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Middle West/ Language loss/ Language maintenance/ Sociolinguistics |