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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Davis, Garry W. |
| Title, Analytic | German in contact with Native American languages: The Moravians, 1742-1782 |
| Author, Monographic | Salmons, Joseph C. |
| Title, Monographic | The German language in America, 1683-1991 |
| Medium | paper |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, UW-Madison |
| Date of Publication | 1993 |
| Location in Work | 1-15 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | German-speaking Moravian missionaries carried on an intensive mission among several Native American tribes. The most tangible linguistic benefits of their activities are evident in the early grammars, spelling books, and dictionaries of these native languages left behind by the great Moravian missionaries. The present paper surveys some of the ways that the German language was used by Moravians and Native Americans at various Moravian mission towns on the frontier and seeks to underscore that the German language, through the efforts of the Moravian missionaries and other German-speaking colonists, played a significant part in communication on the colonial frontier. This survey is based on published accounts of the Moravian mission on the frontier, as well as on unpublished manuscripts in the Moravian archive in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Moravians/ Native Americans/ Frontier and pioneer life/ Missions/ History/ Pennsylvania/Dialects |