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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kloss, Heinz |
| Title, Analytic | German-American Language Maintenance Efforts |
| Author, Monographic | Fishman, Joshua A. |
| Title, Monographic | Language Loyalty in the United States: The Maintenance and Perpetuation of Non-English Mother Tongues by American Ethnic and Religious Groups |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Mouton |
| Date of Publication | 1966 |
| Location in Work | 206-252 |
| Abstract | Six factors contributing to language maintenance in the United States can currently be isolated on the basis of careful study. . . 1. religio-societal insulation; 2. time of immigration: earlier than or simultaneously with the first AngloAmericans; 3. existence of language islands; 4. affiliation with denominations fostering parochial schools; 5. pre-immigration experience with language maintenance efforts; 6. former use as the only official tongue during pre-Anglo-American period. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references. MKI has photocopy of this chapter only; book is in MadCat, MEM P 377 F5 |
| Call Number | MKI P2006-7 |
| MKI Terms | Linguistics/ Language maintenance/ Language, German (US)/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Education/ Schools |