Pella Dutch : portrait of a language in an Iowa community /

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Founded in 1847 by religious separatists, the town of Pella in central Iowa is the state's oldest Dutch American colony, and its crafts, architecture, and celebrations reflect and perpetuate the Dutch heritage of its earlier residents. Through his intriguing blend of sociolinguistic research, r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Webber, Philip E., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Edición:1st University of Iowa Press ed., expanded ed.
Colección:Bur oak book.
Temas:
Dutch language > Dialects > Iowa > Pella.
English language > Foreign elements > Dutch.
Bilingualism > Iowa > Pella.
Languages in contact > Iowa > Pella.
Dutch > Iowa > Pella.
Dutch Americans > Iowa > Pella > Social life and customs.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Dutch.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Bilingualism.
Dutch.
Dutch Americans > Social life and customs.
Dutch language > Dialects.
Language and languages.
Languages in contact.
Manners and customs.
Pella (Iowa) > Languages.
Pella (Iowa) > Social life and customs.
Iowa > Pella.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface; Part One: The People; Pella and Its Speakers; Vestiges of the Bilingual Heritage; Sociolinguistic Investigation in Pella: Selection of Sources; Questionnaire Respondents as Representatives of the Speaker Pool; Language Background; General Patterns of Language Use; Awareness of and Attitudes toward Language Use; Part Two: The Culture; Evolving Attitudes toward Language and Ethnicity; Eendracht Maakt Macht, or: Divide and Be Conquered; Who Are "We" and Who Are "They"?; The World Comes Knocking at the Door; "Surely Thou Art Also One of Them.

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