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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Prokop, Manfred |
| Title, Analytic | The dynamics of language maintenance and assimilation: The German language in Alberta |
| 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 | 63-76 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | In the Province of Alberta 11% of Albertans claimed German origin at the 1981 census. However, the German ethnic group does not appear prominently in Canadian day-to-day affairs, and in the German clubs and associations the fear is frequently expressed that German is rapidly disappearing. In this paper the examination of language loss in Alberta is based on a custom analysis of complete census data for Alberta which was carried out by Statistics Canada for this project. The objective of the investigation was to determine the variables contributing to language maintenance or language loss in the Province and to examine its internal dynamics |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Sociolinguistics/ Language maintenance/ Language loss/Dialects |