UID:
almafu_9958354127402883
Format:
1 online resource(xvi, 319 p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110339505
Series Statement:
Studia Linguistica Germanica; 118
Content:
The book examines the diachronic dimension of contact-induced language change in Pennsylvania German (PG), a variety of German in long-term contact with English. Previous investigations of PG have drawn a more or less static, rather than dynamic, picture of this contact variety. The present study explores the dynamics of selected semantic and syntactic changes in Pennsylvania German, based on local print media from 1868 to 1992.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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List of Tables and Figures --
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Abbreviations --
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Outline --
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1. Theoretical background --
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2. The Pennsylvania Germans and their language(s) --
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3. The PG data corpus --
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4. Semantic-syntactic changes: Form-meaning and form-function relationships --
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5. Structural variation and incipient change --
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6. Verb position in complement dass-clauses --
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7. Extraposition of prepositional phrases --
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8. Stranded prepositions in Pennsylvania German --
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9. General conclusions and implications --
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Appendix --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110339338
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110339512
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110339505
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110339505
