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1 online resource |
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Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies |
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Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
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| Contents |
What Is Pennsylvania Dutch? -- Early History of Pennsylvania Dutch -- Pennsylvania Dutch, 1800-1860 -- Profiles in Pennsylvania Dutch Literature -- Pennsylvania Dutch in the Public Eye -- Pennsylvania Dutch and the Amish and Mennonites -- An American Story |
| Summary |
"While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States population and has remained for the most part an oral vernacular without official recognition or support. A true sociolinguistic wonder, Pennsylvania Dutch has been spoken continuously since the late eighteenth century, even though it has never been "refreshed" by later waves of immigration from abroad. In this probing study, Mark L. Louden, himself a fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, provides readers with a close look at the place of the language in the life and culture of two major subgroups of speakers: the "Fancy Dutch," whose ancestors were affiliated mainly with Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and conservative Anabaptist sectarians known as the "Plain people"--The Old Order Amish and Mennonites. Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents--most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers--this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- Languages
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- History.
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- Religion
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- Social life and customs
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German Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Language
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Languages in contact -- Pennsylvania
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RELIGION -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language and languages
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Languages in contact
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Manners and customs
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- Religion
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Pennsylvania Dutch -- Social life and customs
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Pennsylvaniadeutsch
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Berks County (Pa.) -- Languages
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Berks County (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania -- Berks County
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781421418292 |
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1421418290 |
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