@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/NEDTAA2017.3.MOUR, author = "Mourigh, Khalid", title = "Stance-taking through sibilant palatalisation in Gouda Moroccan Dutch", journal= "Nederlandse Taalkunde", year = "2017", volume = "22", number = "3", pages = "421-446", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/NEDTAA2017.3.MOUR", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NEDTAA2017.3.MOUR", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2352-1171", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Gouda Moroccan Dutch", keywords = "youth speech variety", keywords = "stance", keywords = "sibilant palatalisation", keywords = "ethnolect", abstract = "Abstract The topic of this article is sibilant palatalisation in the speech of Moroccan-Dutch youth from Gouda, a small city in the Netherlands. In the first part of the article, sibilant palatalisation is described as a variable feature of Moroccan-Dutch speech, which mainly occurs in restricted phonetic and lexical contexts. In the second part some of the data will be explored more closely through the lens of stance-taking. By adopting this particular approach a different light is thrown on the concept of the Moroccan Dutch ethnolect. Sibilant palatalisation, which can function as a stance marker, should not be solely viewed as a linguistic marker of ethnic identity.", }