Work

Relativisation in Dutch diaries, private letters and newspapers (1770–1840)

Year: 2017

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The paper focuses on three important themes in historical sociolinguistics: (1) the emergence of national language planning in the Netherlands around 1800, (2) the influence of historical prescriptivism on usage, and (3) genre as a crucial factor in explaining variation and change. The case study deals with relativisation, particularly the neuter relative pronoun in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Dutch. Analysing both internal and external factors, we show that the definiteness of the antecedent does not explain the variation, contrary to what is assumed in the research literature. Likewise, a strong effect of language norms on usage patterns cannot be established. The crucial factor turns out to be genre.

Source: Advances in historical sociolinguistics

DOI: 10.1075/ahs.7.07kro

Authors: Andreas Krogull, Gijsbert Rutten, Marijke van der Wal

Institution: Leiden University

Language: English

Topic: Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

OpenAlex ID: W2728327352

FWCI: 15.64

Cites: 36

Cited by: 44

Related to: 10