Eintrag

Titel

Low German (East Frisian dialect)

Personen

Yaron Matras

Jahr

2003

Typ

Monographie

Verlag

Lincom

Ort

München

Reihe

Languages of the world

Band

421

Sprache(n)

Deutsch (Dialekt)
Englisch

Schlagwörter

Dialekt

Abstract

The description is based on the dialect of the Krummhörn community, a cluster of rural settlements in Germany's northwestern district of East Frisia on the north sea coast. East Frisian Low German has a number of unique features which distinguish it from the better documented varieties of Westphalia or Schleswig-Holstein. It is characterised by a series of isoglosses in lexicon, verb morphology, and especially phonology, which features extensive diphthongisation. The book takes an historical perspective, outlining the major developments in phonology and morphology.

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