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Author, MonographicBender, Ruth///Fisher, Sarah E.///Thomas, Jean Miller///Miller, Thomas///Miller, Leroy
Title, MonographicThe Kalona/Iowa Pennsylvania-German Dialect
Author/Subsidiary, or PerformerBeam, C. Richard//Cornelius, Rachel
Author Role 2 or Performer/Directoreds.
Place of PublicationMillersville, Pa.
PublisherCenter for Pennsylvania German Studies, Millersville University of Pennsylvania; C. Richard Beam
Date of Publication2003
Extent of Workxxii, 208
AbstractMore than 3,000 Pennsylvania German words with example sentences as compiled initially by Dr. Ruth Bender for her 1929 master's thesis. Bender taked with families of the small Amish and Mennonite farming town of Kalona in Johnson County, Iowa, working often with children. The Kalona, Iowa, words in context feature many everyday expressions, often referring to an earlier time period, and also highlight regionally-specific usages that differ from those in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
NotesExpanded and revised version of Ruth Bender's 1929 thesis: A study of the Pennsylvania-German dialect as spoken in Johnson County, Iowa. --- Donated by Luanne von Schneidemesser, 2013.
Call NumberMKI PF5937 K35
MKI TermsPennsylvania German dialect -- Iowa -- Johnson County/ Dictionaries