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The life and death of Texas German / Hans C. Boas.
Author
Boas, Hans Christian, 1971-
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Format
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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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PE1702 .A5 no.93
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German language
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Texas
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New Braunfels
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History
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Germans
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Texas
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New Braunfels
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American Dialect Society
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Series
Publication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 93.
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Publication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 93
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Bibliographic references
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.
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American Speech. $n vol. 83 (Supplement).
ISBN
9780822367161 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822367165 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008053647
OCLC
288932945
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