Publications

Publication details [#34831]

Schwartzkopff, Christa. 1987. Deutsch als Muttersprache in den Vereinigten Staaten, Teil III: German Americans. Die sprachliche Assimilation der Deutschen in Wisconsin. [German as a mother tongue in the United States, Part III: German Americans. The linguistic assimilation of the Germans in Wisconsin.] (Deutsche Sprache in Europa und Ubersee, Berichte und Forschungen. 12). Franz Steiner Verlag. 446 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

German

Keywords

language contact | language maintenance | language shift | language status | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

English | German

Annotation

This book on language maintenance and language shift consists of three sections. Section I provides a general overview of German immigration to the United States; Section II discusses three case studies carried out in Sheboygan, Sauk City and Wausau in 1983-1984. Section III proposes conclusions regarding the diverse sociolinguistic factors that encouraged or hindered language shift an their interrelationships.

Reviewed by

Karch, Dieter. 1990. Review of $Deutsch als Muttersprache in den Vereinigten Staaten, Teil III: German Americans. Die sprachliche Assimilation der Deutschen in Wisconsin.

Gilbert, Glenn G. 1990. Review of $Deutsch als Muttersprache in den Vereinigten Staaten, Teil III: German Americans. Die sprachliche Assimilation der Deutschen in Wisconsin.