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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Van Ness, Silke |
| Title, Monographic | Changes in an obsolescing language: Pennsylvania German in West Virginia |
| Place of Publication | Tuebingen |
| Publisher | Gunter Narr Verlag |
| Date of Publication | 1990 |
| Extent of Work | 161 |
| ISBN | 3-87808-410-2 |
| Abstract | This investigation documents the changes occurring in this language nearing extinction. West Virginia is in many ways different from other dialects of Pennsylvania German; e.g., West Virginia owes its survival to geographical isolation, while other varieties of Pennsylvania German owe their maintenance to practices of religious groups. West Virginia both preserves archaic features and undergoes interesting sound transformations and simplifications of its own. |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat |
| Call Number | MKI/MEM PF 5937 .W4 Y5 1990 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Virginia/ Pennsylvania-German dialect/Dialects |