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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kurthen, Hermann |
| Title, Analytic | Gone with the wind? German language retention in North Carolina and the United States in comparative perspective |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1998 |
| Volume ID | 33 |
| Location in Work | 55-83 |
| Abstract | The author discusses general factors and developments of language maintenance and retention struggles on a national level and then looks at similar processes in North Carolina on regional and local "micro" levels. He also explores some of the conditions of German language maintenance in comparion with other non-English immigrant languages, such as Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Dutch. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US)/ Language maintenance/ North Carolina |