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Talk on Shwitzer Language of Adams County, IN by Guido Seiler on 1 April 2017 in Madison, WI

Anita Auer News 24 March 201724 March 2017

On 1 April 2017, Guido Seiler is going to give a talk on Language Structure as a Mirror of Social Structure? The Case of the Shwitzer Language of Adams County, IN at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Details can be found on the poster below.

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