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020			_z9781421418285 (hardback)
020			_z1421418282 (hardcover)
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100	1		_aLouden, Mark Laurence, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPennsylvania Dutch : _bthe story of an American language / _cMark L. Louden.
264		1	_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource (500 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aYoung center books in anabaptist and pietist studies
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States population and has remained for the most part an oral vernacular without official recognition or support. A true sociolinguistic wonder, Pennsylvania Dutch has been spoken continuously since the late eighteenth century, even though it has never been "refreshed" by later waves of immigration from abroad.In this probing study, Mark L. Louden, himself a fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, provides readers with a close look at the place of the language in the life and culture of two major subgroups of speakers: the "Fancy Dutch," whose ancestors were affiliated mainly with Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and conservative Anabaptist sectarians known as the "Plain people"--the Old Order Amish and Mennonites.Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents--most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers--this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aPennsylvania Dutch _xLanguages.
650		0	_aPennsylvania Dutch _xHistory.
650		0	_aPennsylvania Dutch _xReligion.
650		0	_aPennsylvania Dutch _xSocial life and customs.
650		0	_aGerman Americans _zPennsylvania _xLanguage.
650		0	_aLanguages in contact _zPennsylvania.
651		0	_aBerks County (Pa.) _xLanguages.
651		0	_aBerks County (Pa.) _xSocial life and customs.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLouden, Mark Laurence. _tPennsylvania Dutch : the story of an American language. _dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016 _kYoung center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies _z9781421418285
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aYoung Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11161199 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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