Format:
1 online resource (326 pages)
ISBN:
9789048510429
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9089641246
Content:
From Santa Claus and his sleigh to a dumbhead talking poppycock, the contributions of the Dutch language to American English are indelibly embedded to some of our most vernacular terms and expressions.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 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 influence 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.
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Contents; Preface; 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 infl uence on North American Indian languages; Bibliography; Index to the American English words in chapter 2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789089641243
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789089641243
Language:
English
Subjects:
Dutch Studies
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=474330
