Project Gutenberg 2015-03-05 Public domain in the USA. 275 Haldeman, Samuel Stehman 1812 1880 Halderman, Samuel S., (Samuel Stehman) Halderman, S. S., (Samuel Stehman) Ellis, Alexander John 1814 1890 Ellis, A. J. (Alexander John) Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German With an Infusion of English Produced by David Starner, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German With an Infusion of English" by S. S. Haldeman is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the unique linguistic characteristics of Pennsylvania Dutch, a dialect formed by German-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania, highlighting its blend of South German roots and English influences. The text delves into various aspects of the dialect, including its phonology, vocabulary, and syntax, making it a valuable resource for those interested in comparative philology and language evolution. The opening of the work introduces the rationale behind studying this dialect, emphasizing its formation over a century within a linguistically diverse community. It describes the historical context of German immigration to Pennsylvania and how various dialects from regions like Rhenish Bavaria and Alsace contributed to the development of Pennsylvania Dutch. The author outlines the influences of limited interactions among the largely agricultural immigrant populations, which led to distinct linguistic changes, thus setting the stage for a detailed examination of phonology, vocabulary, and syntax in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Pennsylvania German dialect PF Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Language & Communication Category: German Literature Category: History - American Category: Language & Communication 347194 2025-06-19T12:24:42.307331 text/html 321317 2024-10-24T17:06:20 text/html 144551 2025-06-19T12:24:51.636278 application/epub+zip 145882 2025-06-19T12:24:43.781308 application/epub+zip 145883 2025-06-19T12:24:42.974313 application/epub+zip 276006 2025-06-19T12:24:56.833766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231516 2025-06-19T12:24:50.853459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231700 2022-09-22T04:16:27.872898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204903 2025-06-19T12:24:40.620362 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184803 2024-10-24T17:06:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17154 2025-06-19T12:24:57.003777 application/rdf+xml 12523 2025-06-19T12:24:43.132332 image/jpeg 2662 2025-06-19T12:24:43.048353 image/jpeg 133586 2025-06-19T12:24:42.332348 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia