University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Global Importance of Midwestern Heritage Languages

Putnam, Michael T.; Salmons, Joseph C.

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Title
The Global Importance of Midwestern Heritage Languages
Author(s)
  • Putnam, Michael T.
  • Salmons, Joseph C.
Issue Date
2016
Keyword(s)
  • Humanities Without Walls
  • German language
  • Languages
  • Immigration
  • Midwest
Geographic Coverage
Midwest
Abstract
Immigration is a major global issue that continues to define the history and culture of the American Midwest. Learning a new language and preserving the old are central concerns for all immigrant communities. The project will focus on the dynamics of language acquisition, retention and loss among German-American communities in the Midwest. Our scholarly understanding of this process is changing rapidly thanks to recent studies on German spoken in the Midwest.
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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