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FormatBook Chapter
Author, AnalyticEichhoff, Juergen
Title, AnalyticThe German Language in America
Author, MonographicTrommler, Frank//McVeigh, Joseph
Title, MonographicAmerica and the Germans
Place of PublicationPhiladelphia
PublisherUniv. of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication1985
Volume ID1
Location in Work223-240
AbstractThe history of the German language in the US, dating back to the first German settlement in Philadelphia, Germantown. Discusses the "legend" that German might have become the official language of the US; the German language in schools; the unconformity of the language (dialects); and language maintenance efforts.
Call NumberMKI/SHS E 184 .G3 A39 1985
MKI TermsLanguage, German (US)/ Maps/ Immigrants, German/ Language maintenance