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Auteur(s) : Louden, Mark Laurence (1962-....)
Titre(s) : Pennsylvania Dutch [Texte imprimé] : the story of an American language / Mark L. Louden
Publication : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins university press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXII-473 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Young center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Lien à la collection : Young center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-455) and index
"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on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents--most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"
Sujet(s) : Allemand de Pennsylvanie (dialecte)
Langues -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa., États-Unis)
Religion -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa., États-Unis)
Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa., États-Unis) -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781421418285 (hardback) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 1421418282 (hardcover) (acid-free
paper). - ISBN 9781421418292 (erroné) (electronic). - ISBN 1421418290 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45085648p
Notice n° :
FRBNF45085648
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