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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Johnson, D. Chris |
| Title, Analytic | Structural aspects of the Volga German dialect of Schoenchen, Kansas |
| 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 | 158-189 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | This paper deals with one aspect of a larger project to describe, analyze, and preserve a record of a dialect of German, spoken in the small town of Schoenchen, Kansas as a primary language until the time of World War I, and which gradually reverted to second language status by the end of World War II. A small number of dialect speakers with varying degrees of proficiency haven been identified. All informants are bilingual. One informant has proven himself outstanding in his ability to converse fluently in the dialect. While he is only one of 13 informants total, data from his idiolect form the basis of this paper |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Sociolinguistics/ German Americans -- Kansas/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Kansas/ Dialects/ Russian Germans |