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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kopp, Achim |
| Title, Analytic | Of the most ignorant stupid sort of their own nation: Perceptions of the Pennsylvania Germans in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2000 |
| Volume ID | 35 |
| Location in Work | 41-55 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0741-2827 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this essay is to trace the development of the current perceptions and stereotypes associated with the Pennsylvania Germans (also known as the Pennsylvania Dutch) and their linguistic varieties....The study of both the development and the current nature of cultural attitudes and stereotypes is of great importance for our understanding of recent linguistic developments among the Pennsylvania Germans. In particular,...adoption of, and widespread belief in, the stereotype of the dumb Dutchman"...has led to a shift from Pennsylvania German to English as native language and will ultimately result in language death within this subgroup." |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Pennsylvania/ Image/ 18th century/ 20th century/ Stereotypes / Language loss/ Linguistics |