LINGUIST List 14.1995

Wed Jul 23 2003

Books: Language Description, Penn Dutch: Haldeman

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

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1. tschiavo, Pennsylvania Dutch: Haldeman

Title: Pennsylvania Dutch
Subtitle: A Dialect of South German with an Infusion of English
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Evolution Publishing 
 http://www.evolpub.com		 
			
Book URL: http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/MidAtlbooks.html
 
Author: S. S. Haldeman, University of Pennsylvania 

Hardback: ISBN: 1889758558, Pages: 69, Price: $28.00
			
Abstract:

Originally published in 1872 by the Reformed Church Publication Board
in Philadelphia, PA, this historically significant reprint gives a
brief but thorough explication of Pennsylvania Dutch--a German dialect
spoken in the Pennsylvania towns of Easton, Reading, Allentown,
Harrisburg, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York. Out of print for many years,
the work represents one of the earliest scientific treatments of the
Pennsylvania German dialect and offers a snapshot of the language as
it existed in the 19th century.

Included in the volume is a history of how a dialect of German came to
be spoken in Pennsylvania, the phonology of the dialect, a vocabulary
of peculiar words, syntax, and comparisons to other German
dialects. Also included are several pages of PA Dutch phrases and
sentences, examples of PA Dutch words adopted into English, and
samples of "broken" English spoken by the PA Dutch.

Lingfield(s): Historical Linguistics
		Language Description
	 
Subject Language(s): German, Pennsylvania (Language code: PDC)

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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