Taal en Tongval - Volume 66, Issue 2, 2014

Abstract CIJNS and TIJNS, one tax two terms. Origin and reciprocal influence, and the complex relation between CIJNS and ASSIJS Dutch has two terms, CIJNS and TIJNS, for one type of tax. A third term, ACCIJNS, which in older Middle Dutch is ASSIJS denotes another type of tax. CIJNS is written with dozens of spellings, for instance cense, chens, cins, tsins, sise, tseys, cyes, whereas the spelling of TIJNS is more or less stab Read More

Abstract Systematic research into contact varieties of Dutch The purpose of this article is to show that the compilation of a corpus of Dutch contact varieties, CoVaCo, will offer new and interesting possibilities for research. Paragraph 2 gives an overview of Dutch contact varieties and the texts available in these varieties, digitally or in printed form. This proves that building CoVaCo is feasible. Paragraph 3 presents a number of li Read More

Abstract Consolidating Regiolect. A survey of dialect and regiolect use by adolescents in the Eindhoven area This study is a survey of dialect use, accent strength, knowledge and use of lexical dialect items, and attitude among adolescents in the Eindhoven area, an urbanized area in the Dutch province of North-Brabant. Regiolects tend to emerge and take over the functions of dialects in large parts of Europe, including the Neth Read More