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Talk by Guido Seiler on “Borrowing a grammar without speaking the language? The case of Amish Shwitzer” at the University of Texas San Antonio

Anita Auer Uncategorized 4 August 20171 November 2017

As part of the workshop “New historical perspectives on non-dominant speakers as agents of contact-induced language change” (ICHL 23, 31 July – 4 August 2017, University of Texas San Antonio, US), Guido Seiler has talked about the language of the Amish Shwitzer.

  • ← Talk by Anita Auer on “Preserving Swiss Dialects in the Diaspora: The Social Life of a Wisconsin Language Island”, 7 April 2017 in New York
  • Anita Auer features in the SRF1 radio programme “Schnabelweid” on 7 September 2017 where she talks about the use of Swiss German and English in New Glarus, Wisconsin. →

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