Studies on German-language islands

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.
Content: 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.
Abstract: Presents theoretical and structural analyses of issues surrounding German-language islands, or Sprachinseln, throughout the world. This title focuses 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.