The life and death of Texas German / Hans C. Boas.

Author
Boas, Hans Christian, 1971- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Durham : Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2009.
Description
xii, 345 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Sociohistorical context. German immigration to Texas ; New Braunfels 1845/2000 ; Diglossia ; The founding period 1845/50 : diglossia or standard-with-dialect? ; German language domains 1850/90
    • German langauge domains 1890/1920 ; German language domains 1920/60 : diglossia English/Texas German ; German language domains 1960/2000 : language Shift ; Texas German in the Twenty-First Century
    • Dialect contact and new-dialect formation. German Sprachinseln around the world ; Koinéization : and new-dialect formation ; Donor dialects of Texas German ; Setting the stage for determining dialect-specific features in Texas German
    • Develoopments in Texas German phonology. Development of the vowel system ; Consonants ; Other phonological developments ; Evaluation of phonological data
    • Morphosyntactic developments in Texas German. Case in German ; Word order ; Loss of preterite ; Number ; Gender
    • Language death and language maintenance. Language death ; Why is Texas German dying? ; Language attitudes and language maintenance.
    Other title(s)
    American Speech. $n vol. 83 (Supplement).
    ISBN
    • 9780822367161 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 0822367165 (cloth : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2008053647
    OCLC
    288932945
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