Pennsylvania German in the American Midwest /
Steven Hartman Keiser.
- [Durham] : Duke University P., 2012.
- vi, 197 p. : ill., maps , graphs, charts.
- (Publication of the American Dialect Society ; 96) .
"Supplement to American Speech, Volume 86."
Includes bibliographical references.
The history of Pennsylvania German: from Europe to the Midwest -- Variation in Pennsylvania German: previous dialectological studies -- Methods and community descriptions -- The Midwestern vowel: monophthongization of "a" -- Midwestern consonants: variation in the liquids "r" and "l" -- Midwestern words: lexical and morphological variation -- Regional identity, ethnoreligious ideology, and change.
9780822367697 (pbk.)
Pennsylvania German dialect--Middle West. German Americans--Language.--Pennsylvania