Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops : The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages

In 1609, the first Dutch settlers arrived in America and established trading posts, small towns, and forts up and down what we now call the Hudson River. To this day, American children are taught the thrilling history of the transformation of this settlement, New Netherland, and its capital, New Ams...

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Main Author: van der Sijs, Nicoline (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2009
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