TY  - THES
A1  - Kegel, Terry
T1  - Linguistic tug-of-war : French and German in Alsace, 1945
N2  - This thesis investigates the linguistic effects of language contact between French and German in Alsace due to the German annexation of this region during World War II. The turbulent, tug-of-war history of Alsace has constantly challenged the Alsatian people to secure a stable cultural and national identity. This study focuses on understanding the development of the linguistic aspect of this Alsatian identity. My hypothesis is that there was a greater French influence on Alsatian speech after World War II due to the anti-German sentiment provoked by the harsh Nazi policies during the war. To test this hypothesis, this study analyzes and compares the type and regularity of lexical borrowings from French into German and from German into French in Alsatian newspapers in 1945.
KW  - Alsace
KW  - Alemannic dialects
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - 20th century
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/33327
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333278
N1  - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
ER  -