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Dialect Areas and Dialect Continua.

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Heeringa, Wilbert; Nerbonne, John – Language Variation and Change, 2001

Discusses dialectal differences in the aggregate. Employs a dialectometric technique that provides an additive measure of pronunciation difference: The (aggregate) pronunciation difference. Sampled Dutch towns and villages, where the variation ranges between 56% and 81%, lending credence to the dialect continuum view. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dutch, Foreign Countries

Watching Dutch Change: A Real Time Study of Variation and Change in Standard Dutch Pronunciation.

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Van de Velde, Hans; Van Hout, Roeland; Gerritsen, Marinel – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1997

Investigates phonological variation and change in southern and northern spoken Dutch (spoken in Northern Flanders and the Netherlands). The study examines changes in progress from 1935-93 using a combination of insight and techniques from historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. Results indicate that the southern variety remained stable while…

Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies