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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Moelleken, Wolfgang W. |
| Title, Analytic | Language Maintenance and Language Shift in Pennsylvania German: A Comparative Investigation |
| Journal Title | Monatshefte |
| Date of Publication | 1983 |
| Volume ID | 75 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 172-186 |
| Abstract | A socio-linguistic survey conducted in various parts of Pennsylvania among sectarian and non-sectarian groups revealed major inter-group differences in their socio-linguistic behavior. In contrast, intra-group differences were found to be minimal. While the conservative Old Order Mennonites and the Old Order Amish still functioned in a triglossic trilingualism situation, the more moderate group of the Horning Mennonites showed a diglossic bilingualism, and the nonsectarians were already on the threshold of monolingualism. The differences observed show that a thorough analysis of each individual Pennsylvania German speech community is needed before language shift and maintenance phenomena pertaining to Pennsylvania German are posited. |
| Call Number | MKI P86-31 |
| MKI Terms | Dialectology/ Language, English/ United States/ Dialects/ Pennsylvania-German dialect/ Mennonites/ Amish/ Language shift |