03539nam 2200745 a 450 991096594500332120230810201146.097816093806631609380665(CKB)2550000000053916(EBL)843330(OCoLC)759602971(SSID)ssj0000564503(PQKBManifestationID)11363510(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564503(PQKBWorkID)10597155(PQKB)11302382(MdBmJHUP)muse16015(Au-PeEL)EBL843330(CaPaEBR)ebr10500159(MiAaPQ)EBC843330(Perlego)2962156(EXLCZ)99255000000005391620110323d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPella Dutch portrait of a language in an Iowa community /Philip E. Webber1st University of Iowa Press ed.; an expanded ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Press20111 online resource (xxix, 163 pages) illustrations, mapBur Oak Book"A Bur Oak book."9781609380656 1609380657 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface; Part One: The People; Pella and Its Speakers; Vestiges of the Bilingual Heritage; Sociolinguistic Investigation in Pella: Selection of Sources; Questionnaire Respondents as Representatives of the Speaker Pool; Language Background; General Patterns of Language Use; Awareness of and Attitudes toward Language Use; Part Two: The Culture; Evolving Attitudes toward Language and Ethnicity; Eendracht Maakt Macht, or: Divide and Be Conquered; Who Are "We" and Who Are "They"?; The World Comes Knocking at the Door; "Surely Thou Art Also One of Them"pt. 1. The people -- pt. 2. The culture -- pt. 3. The language -- pt. 4. Conclusion.Founded in 1847 by religious separatists, the town of Pella in central Iowa is the state's oldest Dutch American colony, and its crafts, architecture, and celebrations reflect and perpetuate the Dutch heritage of its earlier residents. Through his intriguing blend of sociolinguistic research, regional history, and interviews with current speakers of Pella Dutch, Philip Webber examines the town's rich cultural and linguistic traditions. Drawing upon formal and informal interviews and conversations with more than 150 speakers of Pella Dutch, Webber uses the metBur Oak BookDutch languageDialectsIowaPellaEnglish languageForeign elementsDutchBilingualismIowaPellaLanguages in contactIowaPellaDutchIowaPellaDutch AmericansIowaPellaSocial life and customsPella (Iowa)LanguagesPella (Iowa)Social life and customsDutch languageDialectsEnglish languageForeign elementsDutch.BilingualismLanguages in contactDutchDutch AmericansSocial life and customs.439.317Webber Philip E.1944-1811880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965945003321Pella Dutch4364031UNINA