Jazyk v emigraci. Germanismy v jazyce čechoamerických periodik

The contribution is focused on the language of Czech immigrants in the USA in the period starting with their arrival in the USA in the 1850s till the 1920s. The description of the Czech language in America is based on analyses of immigrant periodicals printed in Czech. The analyses proved that the language of Czech immigrants in the USA had been different from the language used in their home country, mainly as regards the use of conservative grammar, frequent Germanisms, especially grammatical, and emerging Americanization. The contribution also attempts to answer the question about the causes of these differences.