Pella Dutch : portrait of a language in an Iowa community / / Philip E. Webber
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| Autore: |
Webber Philip E. <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Pella Dutch : portrait of a language in an Iowa community / / Philip E. Webber
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st University of Iowa Press ed.; an expanded ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxix, 163 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina: | 439.317 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dutch language - Dialects - Iowa - Pella |
| English language - Foreign elements - Dutch | |
| Bilingualism - Iowa - Pella | |
| Languages in contact - Iowa - Pella | |
| Dutch - Iowa - Pella | |
| Dutch Americans - Iowa - Pella - Social life and customs | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Pella (Iowa) Languages |
| Pella (Iowa) Social life and customs | |
| Note generali: | "A Bur Oak book." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 met |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pella Dutch |
| ISBN: | 9781609380663 |
| 1609380665 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910965945003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Bur Oak Book