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The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans

Name: The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans
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Author: Kirsten Vera van Rhee
ISBN: 978-3-656-00138-6

Varieties of American English

Seminar Paper, 1993

25 Pages, Grade: 1,7

Kirsten Vera van Rhee (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. The Pennsylvania German English
2.1. The beginnings
2.2. Geographical distribution of Pennsylvania German speech areas
2.3. Social Aspects of the Pennsylvania German society

3. Lexical borrowings
3.1. Adlexification
3.2. Relexification

4. Phonological borrowings
4.1. The consonants
4.1.1. Plosives
4.1.2. Fricatives
4.2. Vowels
4.3. Later and earlier borrowings

5. The Pennsylvania German Syntax
5.1. Preservation
5.1.1. The subject-object-verb structure
5.1.2. The finite verb remains in second position
5.2. Converge
5.3. Innovation

6. Intonation
6.1. The rising and falling of the terminal pitch
6.1.1. The rising terminal pitch
6.1.2. The falling terminal pitch
6.2. The rise-rise-fall pattern

7. Conclusion

8. Bibliography

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Title: The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans
Subtitle: Varieties of American English
College: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Englische Philologie)
Course: Varieties of American English
Grade: 1,7
Author: Kirsten Vera van Rhee (Author)
Year: 1993
Pages: 25
Catalog Number: V178114
ISBN (eBook): 9783656000860
ISBN (Book): 9783656001386
File size: 494 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Pennsylvania German English;, Linguistik Amerikanistik: Amerikanische Sprachwissenschaft;, Dutch People, Varieties of American English

Quote paper: Kirsten Vera van Rhee (Author), 1993, The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/178114

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