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Tag Archives: dialect
Prescriptivism in a Dutch news item
Last night on the 8 o’clock news: a new gadget was introduced that warned users if a stalker would come too close. A woman was interviewed anonymously about the advantages of wearing such a gadget, saying how happy she was … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch prescriptivism, usage features
Tagged dialect, Dutch grammar, hun/zij, prescriptivism, subject hun
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Soda, Pop, Coke – Ways of investigating language variation
As I am preparing for my fieldwork, which I will be conducting in early 2014 in and around London, I am looking into ways of investigating language variation and usage attitudes in general. Usage attitudes in particular are a very delicate … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, dialect, folk linguistics, general public, language variation, maps, methods
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Dialects and prescriptivism
If you have ever visited Scotland, you are probably well acquainted with Scottish dialects or at least with what you have been able to decode from the torrents of words you are encountered with. Even though I am not an … Continue reading
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