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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticBuchheit, Robert H.
Title, AnalyticGerman Language Shift in the Nebraska District of the Missouri Synod from 1918 to 1950
Journal TitleYearbook of German-American Studies
Date of Publication1985
Volume ID20
Location in Work141-152
AbstractBuchheit's article discusses the history and difficulties of the Missouri Synod's conscious attempt to maintain the German language. It then goes on to examine the process of language shift from German to English in that district between 1918 and 1950.
Call NumberMKI / SHS E 184 .G3 G315
MKI TermsLanguage, German (US) -- Dialects/ Missouri/ 20th century/ Lutherans/ World War, 1914-1918 -- German Americans/ Schools/ Languages in contact/ Language shift/Dialects