Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German With an Infusion of English
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- PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
- NOTICE.
- CONTENTS.
- PENNSYLVANISCH DEITSCH.
- CHAPTER I.
- People—History—Location—Condition.
- CHAPTER II. Phonology of Pennsylvania Dutch.
- § 1. Use of the Alphabet.
- § 2. The Vowels.
- § 3. The Dipthongs.
- § 4. Nasal Vowels and Dipthongs.
- § 5. The Consonants.
- § 6. Stein or Schtein?
- § 7. Vowel Changes.
- § 8. Dipthong Changes.
- § 9. Words lengthened.
- § 10. Words shortened.
- CHAPTER III. Vocabulary.
- CHAPTER IV. Gender.
- § 1. Gender of English Words in Pennsylvania German.
- § 2. The German Genders.
- CHAPTER V.
- § 1. The English Infusion.
- § 2. Newspapers.
- CHAPTER VI.
- Syntax.
- CHAPTER VII. Comparisons with other Dialects.
- § 1. PG. not Swiss.
- § 2. PG. not Bavarian.
- § 3. PG. not Suabian.
- § 4. PG. not Alsatian.
- § 5. PG. is akin to several South German Dialects.
- CHAPTER VIII. Examples.
- § 1. Wiidǝr aa˛geschmiirt.
- § 2. Wii kummt ǝs?
- §3.
- § 4. Anglicised German.
- CHAPTER IX. English Influenced by German.
- § 1. German Words introduced.
- § 2. Family Names Modified.
- CHAPTER X. Imperfect English.
- § 1. Broken English.
- § 2. The Breitmann Ballads.
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