On August 21-23, 2023, the international workshop on “Focus on Minority Languages” will take place at UT Austin, organized by Verena Sauer. See [ here ] for the full program.
TGDP member Hans C. Boas gives a talk titled “The Texas German Dialect Project” at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 21, 2023)
TGDP member Verena Sauer gives a talk titled “„wir haben hier immer gesagt der war ein Deutscher verderber“ – Attitudes towards Texas German” at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 22, 2023)
TGDP member Marc Pierce gives a talk titled “Untangling the History of Dorsal Fricatives in Texas German” at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 22, 2023)
TGDP member Ellen Jones gives a talk titled “Identity Patterns/Identitätsmuster der Texasdeutschen” at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 22, 2023)
Lisa Dücker gives a talk titled “Die mediale Darstellung von Texasdeutsch” (The Depiction of Texas German in the Media) at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 23, 2023)
TGDP member Margo Blevins gives a talk titled “Texas German Corpora & Materials” at the “Focus on Minority Languages” Workshop at UT Austin (August 23, 2023)
TGDP member Margo Blevins publishes a translation of a letter from an original New Braunfels immigrant: “Immigrant Letter from New Braunfels” in the German-Texan Heritage Society Journal, Volume 45, Number 2, p. 46-57.
Jim Kearney is teaching UGS 303: Texas German Experience at UT Austin, a large lecture course about the Texas German Experience.
Vince Vanderheijden is teaching GER 369: Texas German Dialect, a course focusing on the linguistics of Texas German.