![]() ![]() This is not a minor issue because it impacts her extensive discussion of the reluctance of German immigrant parents to enroll their children in German language classes in the schools. She gives an example of the infiltration of English grammar into German, which in fact is normal speech in Austria and parts of southern Germany and was probably a normal part of the speech of these immigrants before they arrived in North America (p. Lorenzkowski attributes this to the rapid adoption of English words and grammar in the German of less-educated immigrant families, but she misses the significance of the issue of “proper” German versus German dialects. ![]() In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:īook Reviews 115 the complaints of educated German North Americans about the lack of “proper” German in their communities. ![]()
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