Browsing Germanic and Slavic Studies by Subject "immigrants"

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Analysis of the linguistic repertoire of a migrant family

Gaerdes, Konrad (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)

The increase in mobilization that globalisation brings with it leads to an increasing amount of language contact. When groups or migrants come into contact with majority languages of a country, the minority language often ...
Heritage Languages: The Case of German in Kitchener-Waterloo

Heffner, Lori (University of Waterloo, 2002)

This thesis investigates the assimilation and/or integration of German families in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario into Anglo-Canadian culture. By administering questionnaires to and interviewing members in three three-generational ...
The High German of Russian Mennonites in Ontario

Penner, Nikolai (University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)

The main focus of this study is the High German language spoken by Russian Mennonites, one of the many groups of German-speaking immigrants in Canada. Although the primary language of most Russian Mennonites is a Low German ...