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Title Studies on German-language islands / edited by Michael T. Putnam.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (477 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in language companion series ; v. 123
Studies in language companion series ; v. 123.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Studies on German-Language Islands; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Why study Sprachinseln from generative or structural perspectives?; Section 1. Phonetics & Phonology; Section 2. Morphology & Lexical studies; Section 3. Syntax I -- Verb clusters; Section 4. Syntax II -- The syntax of Cimbrian German; Section 5. Syntax III -- The syntax of Pennsylvania German; Section 6. Pragmatics & Conversation analysis; Index; The Studies in Language Companion Series.
Summary The contributions in this volume present cutting-edge theoretical and structural analyses of issues surrounding German-language islands, or Sprachinseln, throughout the world. The individual topics of study in this volume focus on various aspects of these German-language islands such as (but not limited to) phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of these languages under investigation. Collectively, the body of research contained in this volume explores significantly under-researched topics in the fields of language contact and language attrition and illustrates.
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Subject German language -- Syntax.
German language -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
German language -- Foreign countries.
German language.
Foreign countries.
German language -- Variation.
German language -- Variation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Putnam, Michael T.
Other Form: Print version: Studies on German-language islands. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027205902 (DLC) 2010045325 (OCoLC)672300125
ISBN 9789027287403 (electronic book)
9027287406 (electronic book)
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9789027205902
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