| Michigan German in Frankenmuth: Variation and Change in an East Franconian Dialect Contributor(s): Born, Renate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1879751593 ISBN-13: 9781879751590 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Yiddish - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 437.977 |
| LCCN: 93-9927 |
| Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.2" W x 6.2" (1.00 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Professor Born's book provides a phonological, grammatical, and lexical description of a German-American dialect that has never before been studied. It compares the Michigan Frankenmuth dialect with its parent dialect in central Franconia. The town of Frankenmuth was established in 1845 by an unusually homogeneous group of orthodox Lutherans bent on remaining separate from the American mainstream. The settlement history was therefore a significantfactor in postponing the shift to American English in Frankenmuth until the middle of this century. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of dialectology, contrastive dialectology, and sociolinguistics. |