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Austin, Elizabeth – 1978
An introduction to Pennsylvania German reviews the history of the Pennsylvania Germans' migration to the United States, examines the Pennsylvania German dialect both historically and descriptively, discusses the literature written in the dialect, and looks at its present status and possible future. Because the dialect is an extreme example of…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, German
Goschnick, Hella Eleonore – 1989
this study, an analysis of poetry in Tina Sambal, a Philippine language spoken by about 70,000 persons in northern Zambales province, looks at the characteristics of the different poetic genres and poetic conventions followed in writing songs and poems. Primary emphasis is on phonological restrictions, grammatical liberties, and semantic…
Descriptors: Art Song, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries, Grammar