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Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages /

"In 1609, the first Dutch settlers arrived in America and established trading posts, small towns, and forts up and down what we now call the Hudson River. To this day, American children are taught the thrilling history of the transformation of this settlement, New Netherland, and its capital, N...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sijs, Nicoline van der
Autor Corporativo: Nederlandse Taalunie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Dutch language in North America
  • 1.0 "The last real speaker of the dialect"
  • 1.1 Dutch colonists and Native Americans
  • 1.2 The Dutch language on the American East Coast: Low Dutch
  • 1.3 Dutch place-names from the seventeenth century
  • 1.4 Dutch and double Dutch
  • 1.5 The American Dutch, American Flemish and American Frisian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants
  • 1.6 Dutch place-names from the nineteenth and twentieth century
  • 1.7 The Dutch language and culture in the US, anno 2009
  • 2. Dutch words that have left their mark on American English: a thematic glossary
  • 2.0 Introduction: sources and structure of the glossary
  • 2.1 Food, drink, and stimulants
  • 2.2 Flora and fauna
  • 2.3 Household effects and everyday implements
  • 2.4 Polity and citizens
  • 2.5 The American landscape
  • 2.6 Human traits and characterizations
  • 2.7 Religion and religious festivals
  • 2.8 In and around the house
  • 2.9 Trade
  • 2.10 Money and units of measure
  • 2.11 Children's language
  • 2.12 Transport by sea and land
  • 2.13 Clothing
  • 2.14 Miscellaneous
  • 2.15 Dutch loanwords that did not originate from immigrants
  • 2.16 Conclusion
  • 3. Dutch infl uence on North American Indian languages
  • 3.0 Introduction
  • 3.1 Delaware Jargon
  • 3.2 Amerindian languages that were spoken on the East Coast in the seventeenth century
  • 3.3 Thematic overview of Dutch loanwords
  • 3.4 Alphabetical survey of Dutch loanwords
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • List of illustrations
  • Index to the American English words in chapter 2.
  • Ch 1. The Dutch language in North America
  • ch 2. Dutch words that have left their mark on American English : a thematic glossary
  • ch 3. Dutch influence on North American Indian languages
  • Bibliography
  • Index to the American English words in chapter 2.