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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticLeary, James P.
Title, AnalyticDialect Songs Among the Dutch
Journal TitleMidwestern Folklore
Date of PublicationSpring 2004
Volume ID30
Issue ID1
Location in Work14-35, ill.
AbstractThe relatively neglected Dutch [deriving from 'Deutsch'] songs considered are in a creolized English that, to invoke vernacular characterizations, has been 'broken,' 'fractured,' and 'mangled' through collisions with an immigrant's native tongue. Words are written to reflect an exaggerated, theatricialized German pronunciation, and many "residual words and phrases from the old country" can be found. Leary examines the emergence of Dutch dialect songs, particularly in the Upper Midwest, and its persistence in present-day manifestations. Includes a selected discography.
NotesJournal of the Hoosier Folklore Society, Indiana State University; donated by the author
Call NumberMKI P2004-40
MKI TermsSongs/ Dialects/ Humor & Satire/ Dialects/ German Americans/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects