Social Sciences
6 years ago

Texas German's unique word order challenges Standard German conventions, sparking language evolution.

Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik
Word order in dependent clauses in Texas German
Katrin Fuchs

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The article talks about how sentences are structured in Texas German, a type of German spoken in Texas. It looks at how the order of words changes in sentences that start with certain words. The researchers want to know if this change is because of things happening inside the language or outside of it. They use different ideas from studying languages mixing together to understand the Texas German data. They connect this to how German is spoken in other places in the US.