RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Mourigh, KhalidYR 2017 T1 Stance-taking through sibilant palatalisation in Gouda Moroccan Dutch JF Nederlandse Taalkunde, VO 22 IS 3 SP 421 OP 446 DO https://doi.org/10.5117/NEDTAA2017.3.MOUR PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 2352-1171, AB 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., UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NEDTAA2017.3.MOUR