Changes between the lines : diachronic contact phenomena in written Pennsylvania German /
Author / Creator: | Stolberg, Doris, 1965- author. |
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Imprint: | Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2015] |
Description: | 1 online resource ( xiv, 319 pages .) |
Language: | English Germanic |
Series: | Studia linguistica Germanica ; Band 118 Studia linguistica Germanica ;v118. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12029274 |
Summary: | The book investigates the diachronic dimension of contact-induced language change based on empirical data from Pennsylvania German (PG), a variety of German in long-term contact with English. Written data published in local print media from Pennsylvania (USA) between 1868 and 1992 are analyzed with respect to semantic changes in the argument structure of verbs, the use of impersonal constructions, word order changes in subordinate clauses and in prepositional phrase constructions. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( xiv, 319 pages .) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 3110339501 9783110339505 9783110339338 3110339331 311033951X 3110369257 |