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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Seifert, Lester W. J. |
| Title, Analytic | The development and survival of the German language in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin |
| Author, Monographic | Salmons, Joseph C. |
| Title, Monographic | The German language in America, 1683-1991 |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, UW-Madison |
| Date of Publication | 1993 |
| Location in Work | 322-337 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | The German language has been used in America for more than three centuries. Such long-time use of German, whether standard or dialect, seems to be based on five main factors, each of which has various constituting elements which can be listed as follows: 1. The regions of the emigrants' origins. 2. The times of immigration. 3. The places of settlement in the United States. 4. The religious beliefs and affiliations of the settlers. 5. The sizes and densities of the German-speaking settlements. There is much overlap between these factors. The analysis in this paper is based on the situation in Pennsylvania, because it was the first to receive a large number of German-speaking immigrants and Wisconsin, because it received the highest percentage of German-speaking immigrants in relation to the total population. The situation elsewhere may require the analysis to be modified. |
| Call Number | MKI/MEM PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Wisconsin/ Pennsylvania/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Sociolinguistics/ History/Dialects |