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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