Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages /

Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages /

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Author / Creator:Sijs, Nicoline van der.
Uniform title:Yankees, cookies en dollars. English
Imprint:[Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.
Description:320 p. : ill., maps, music ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Dutch.
English language -- Dialects -- United States.
English language -- Dialects.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7921194
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Varying Form of Title:Influence of Dutch on the North American languages
Other authors / contributors:Nederlandse Taalunie.
ISBN:9789089641243 (pbk.)
9089641246 (pbk.)
Notes:"The publication of this book has been made possible by the support of The Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)"--T.p. verso.
"A Dutch version of this book is also available, titled Yankees, cookies en dollars : De invloed van het Nederlands op de Noord-Amerikaanse talen"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-308) and index.
Text in English translated from Dutch.
Summary:In this volume, the renowned linguist Nicoline van der Sijs glosses over some 300 Dutch loan words that travelled to the New World between the 17th and the 20th century.

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