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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Salmons, Joseph |
| Title, Analytic | The Role of Community and Regional Structure in Language Shift |
| Title, Monographic | Regionalism in the Age of Globalism, Volume 1: Concepts of Regionalism |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Publisher | Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Date of Publication | 2005 |
| Location in Work | 129-138 |
| Abstract | Argues that a basic restructuring of community and regional life during the late nineteenth century undermined the maintenance of the German language in Wisconsin. The premise is that "horizontally structured communities will typically maintain a minority language, while verticalization will lead to shift to the majority language." |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes. |
| Call Number | MKI JF197 R438 2005 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Language shift/ Communities/ Sociolinguistics/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Middle West/ Language loss/ Language maintenance |