Community identity and language change in North American Anabaptist communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3608023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen M Johnson‐weiner (St. Lawrence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 375-394 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9481.00051 |
| OpenAlex | W2006958959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Patterns of language maintenance and shift among historical German-speaking North American Amish and Mennonite communities reveal ways in which these groups have utilized language to encode and mediate group identity. The Old Order Amish and the Old Order Mennonites have maintained German to resist secular authority, to remain separate from the dominant society, to preserve the traditions of their forefathers and, above all, to mark themselves as Old Order. More liberal groups have shifted to English to demonstrate a commitment to evangelism and a rejection of Old Order practice. This paper supports the view that individual communities may actively direct language change. Guided by an ideology that invests particular patterns of language use with religious significance, each Amish and Mennonite community determines its own linguistic fate
Aesthetics · Anabaptists · Evangelism · German · Identity (music · Ideology · Linguistics · Order (exchange · Political science · Sociology · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Gender Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2015 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |