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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kopp, Achim |
| Title, Analytic | The matched-guise technique in practice: Measuring language attitudes within the Pennsylvania German speech community |
| 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 | 264-283 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | The matched-guise technique offers a unique chance to gain rather objective insight into the informants' language attitudes. The regional-standard speaker was generally regarded to have higher intelligence and status than the speakers of Pennsylvania German and Pennsylvania German English. Social success is associated mostly with standard American English. These results reflect the presence of the stereotype of the 'dum Dutchman'. On the other hand, both ethnically-marked varieties were favored over the regional standard in connection with emotional issues and solidarity. |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Sociolinguistics/ Attitudes/ Pennsylvania-German dialect/Dialects |