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Germanisms in American Speech

Author : Karolin Büttner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640173112
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Germanisms in American Speech written by Karolin Büttner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne, course: Differences in American and British English, 27 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In past years, many studies have been published concerning the influence of English, especially of American English, on the German language. Many people complain about the hotchpotch of English and German used by present-day youths. They blame the media for the destruction of the German language. This even led to the founding of an association, der Verein Deutsche Sprache, to protect the German language. However, few people seem to be aware that German has made a sizeable contribution to the American English vocabulary too, even though this is not as large as the contribution of English to the German language. As will be shown in this paper, words denoting foods, drinks, amusements, skiing activities, German inventions and parts of the education system were borrowed by the native population. Borrowing from German started with the early colonial settlers in the 17th century, settling in Pennsylvania and evolving the Pennsylvanian German which is not of interest in this paper as it is completely different from the usage of German words of an average American, and has continued to the present time. This paper deals with Germanisms in American speech and is intended to give an overview of the concept of borrowing. Firstly, the processes of borrowing with its examples of distant and intimate borrowing are traced. Stanforth's monograph Deutsche Einfl sse auf den englischen Wortschatz in Geschichte und Gegenwart serves as the basis. Afterwards, in accordance to Haugen, his categorisation of the loan material into importation, substitution, partial-substitution and their subdivisions loan words, loan meanings, loan coinages, loan blends and loan compounds are represented with examples. The following paragraphs elaborate on the naturalization of the

American Words and Ways, Especially for German Americans

Author : John Whyte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Words and Ways, Especially for German Americans written by John Whyte and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The German Influence on Australian and American English

Author : Lars-Benja Braasch
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640302281
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis The German Influence on Australian and American English by : Lars-Benja Braasch

Download or read book The German Influence on Australian and American English written by Lars-Benja Braasch and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Constance, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: ...] The aim of this work will be, on the one hand, to describe the history of German settlement on both continents, and more importantly of the influence of German on American English as well as on Australian English. On the other hand, a direct comparison between the German influences will be made, and hopefully it will prove that even though half the globe separates both continents from each other, there are similarities to be found. It is to be expected though, that if there are analogies, they will be regionally restricted, since both in the United States and in Australia, contact situations seem to be restricted to those areas where Germans settled from the earliest days on. Beside the clarification of some general definitions, which will prove necessary for an understandable analysis, the difficulties in researching this topic will be made evident. One thing that will not be considered in this examination is the influence of Yiddish- German on American English since, one the one hand, it proves hard to differentiate exactly between the German and the Yiddish aspects and on the other hand because the Jewish impact on Australian English is marginal. Therefore Yiddish-German is rather unimportant in the comparison of both varieties. ...]

The German-Americans

Author : La Vern J. Rippley
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The German-Americans written by La Vern J. Rippley and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Represents the German-American experience in the United States. Provides a German-American Chronology section to assist with orientation in historical time. Includes some of the key events in the history of Germany.

The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans

Author : Kirsten Vera van Rhee
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656000867
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans written by Kirsten Vera van Rhee and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 1993 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Englische Philologie), course: Varieties of American English, language: English, abstract: The long persistence of Pennsylvania German English for nearly two centuries in an English-speaking territory which was settled by English, Scotch-Irish and Welsh as early as by Germans , naturally brought about a certain contact between English and German language that influenced both, the generally spoken English and the specific dialect formation that languages borrowed from each other. This paper is an attempt to show in how far this language contact has caused mutual language borrowings, which were by no means restricted to vocabulary items but also extended to phonological and syntactic features, having as well influential effects on intonational patterns.

English the American Way for German-speaking Adults

Author : Beulah Handler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book English the American Way for German-speaking Adults written by Beulah Handler and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The German Language in America, 1683-1991

Author : Joe Salmons
Publisher : Max Kade Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The German Language in America, 1683-1991 written by Joe Salmons and published by Max Kade Institute. This book was released on 1993 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents seventeen articles, revised and expanded from a Max Kade Symposium, on the German language in North America. It includes historical studies (colonial German in contrast with Native American languages, the language of Pietism among colonial immigrants), dialect descriptions (Donau-schwäbisch in the Midwest, Low German in Kansas, Volga German in Kansas) and investigations into the impact of German on English (German ethnic varieties of English, German in advertising, German loanwords in American English). Research on language maintenance and shift is especially well-represented, with a general theoretical contribution and case studies of Alberta, Black Sea Germans in the Dakotas, and the Amana colonies. Methodological and theoretical issues include case loss and morphosyntactic change (East Franconian in Indiana), a comparative study of German in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as several papers on Pennsylvania German, treating linguistic convergence, language attitudes, and sociolingusitic variation.

Talk American

Author : Lewis Helmar Herman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Talk American written by Lewis Helmar Herman and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An American Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Containing All the Words in General Use

Author : P. J. Kunst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis An American Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Containing All the Words in General Use by : P. J. Kunst

Download or read book An American Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Containing All the Words in General Use written by P. J. Kunst and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift

Author : Achim Kopp
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575910062
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift by : Achim Kopp

Download or read book The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift written by Achim Kopp and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The phonological differences found in the informants' varieties of English are reflected in the differences in the areas of language use and language attitude. In the final chapter, findings gained from the study of the latter two areas are used to suggest an explanation of the "Pennsylvania German paradox." An attempt is made to integrate the phonological findings into a larger theory of language change and to make predictions about future linguistic developments."--BOOK JACKET.

German Achievements in America

Author : Rudolf Cronau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book German Achievements in America written by Rudolf Cronau and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America and the Germans: Immigration, language, ethnicity

Author : Frank Trommler
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis America and the Germans: Immigration, language, ethnicity by : Frank Trommler

Download or read book America and the Germans: Immigration, language, ethnicity written by Frank Trommler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection. This book was released on 1985 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unprecedented in scope and critical perspective, American and the Germans presents an analysis of the history of the Germans in America and of the turbulent relations between Germany and the United States. The two volumes bring together research in such diverse fields as ethnic studies, political science, linguistics, and literature, as well as American and German History. Contributors are leading American and German scholars, such as Kathleen Neils Conzen, Joshua A. Fishman, Peter Gay, Harold Jantz, Günter Moltmann, Steven Muller, Theo Sommer, Fritz Stern, Herbert A. Strauss, Gerhard L. Weinberg, and Don Yoder. These scholars assess the ethnicity and acculturation of German-Americans from the seventeenth century to the twentieth; the state of German language and culture in the United States; World War I as a turning point in relations between German and America; the political, economic, and cultural relations before and after World War II; and the midcentury state of affairs between the two countries. Special chapters are devoted to the Pennsylvania Germans, Jewish-German immigration after 1933, Americanism in Germany, and a critical appraisal of current research. American and the Germans presents a fascinating introduction to the subject as well as new perspectives for a more critical and comprehensive study of its many facets. It can be used as a reader in the fields of German studies, American studies, political science, European and German history, American history, ethnic studies, and German and American literature. Although each of the 49 contributions reflects the state of current scholarship, they are formulated with the uninitiated reader in mind.

Language Variation and Change in the American Midland

Author : Thomas E. Murray
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027293546
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Language Variation and Change in the American Midland written by Thomas E. Murray and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the linguistic complexities and critical issues of the Midland dialect area of the USA, and contains a unique data-based set of investigations of the Midlands dialect. The authors demonstrate that the large central part of the United States known colloquially as the Heartland, geo-culturally as the Midwest, and linguistically as the Midland is a very real dialect area, one with regional cohesiveness, social complexity, and psycho-emotional impact. The individual essays problematize historical origins, track linguistic markers of social identity over time and across social spaces, frame dialect issues within the linguistic marketplace, account for extra-linguistic influences on changing patterns of linguistic behaviors, and describe maintenance strategies of non-English languages. This book is an important move forward in the understanding of American English. Sociolinguists, dialectologists, applied linguists, and all those involved in the statistical and qualitative study of language variation will find this volume relevant, timely, and insightful.

American Words and Ways, Especially for German Americans

Author : John Whyte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Changes Between the Lines

Author : Doris Stolberg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110339501
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Changes Between the Lines written by Doris Stolberg and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The research objective is to trace language change based on diachronic empirical data, and to assess whether existing models of language contact make provisions to cover the long-term developments found in PG. The focus of the study is thus twofold: first, it provides a detailed analysis of selected semantic and syntactic changes in Pennsylvania German, and second, it links the empirical findings to theoretical approaches to language contact. Previous investigations of PG have drawn a more or less static, rather than dynamic, picture of this contact variety. The present study explores how the dynamics of language contact can bring about language mixing, borrowing, and, eventually, language change, taking into account psycholinguistic processes in (the head of) the bilingual speaker.

The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans

Author : Kirsten Vera Van Rhee
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656001383
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Pennsylvania German English - the Language of the Pennsylvania Germans written by Kirsten Vera Van Rhee and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The long persistence of Pennsylvania German English for nearly two centuries in an English-speaking territory which was settled by English, Scotch-Irish and Welsh as early as by Germans, naturally brought about a certain contact between English and German language that influenced both, the generally spoken English and the specific dialect formation that languages borrowed from each other"--Back cover

American Language

Author : H.L. Mencken
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307808793
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book American Language written by H.L. Mencken and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Language, first published in 1919, is H. L. Mencken's book about the English language as spoken in the United States. Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored waiters" in Washington, as well as one of his favorite authors, Mark Twain, and his experiences on the streets of Baltimore. In 1902, Mencken remarked on the "queer words which go into the making of 'United States.'" The book was preceded by several columns in The Evening Sun. Mencken eventually asked "Why doesn't some painstaking pundit attempt a grammar of the American language... English, that is, as spoken by the great masses of the plain people of this fair land?" It would appear that he answered his own question. In the tradition of Noah Webster, who wrote the first American dictionary, Mencken wanted to defend "Americanisms" against a steady stream of English critics, who usually isolated Americanisms as borderline barbarous perversions of the mother tongue. Mencken assaulted the prescriptive grammar of these critics and American "schoolmarms", arguing, like Samuel Johnson in the preface to his dictionary, that language evolves independently of textbooks. The book discusses the beginnings of "American" variations from "English", the spread of these variations, American names and slang over the course of its 374 pages. According to Mencken, American English was more colorful, vivid, and creative than its British counterpart.