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FormatBook Chapter
Author, AnalyticSalmons, Joseph
Title, AnalyticThe Role of Community and Regional Structure in Language Shift
Title, MonographicRegionalism in the Age of Globalism, Volume 1: Concepts of Regionalism
Place of PublicationMadison, Wis.
PublisherCenter for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date of Publication2005
Location in Work129-138
AbstractArgues 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."
NotesIncludes bibliographical notes.
Call NumberMKI JF197 R438 2005
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Wisconsin/ Language shift/ Communities/ Sociolinguistics/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Middle West/ Language loss/ Language maintenance