Taal en Tongval - Current Issue

Abstract On the premise that caregivers’ micro-level language choices when addressing their children reflect their relation to the macro-level linguascape, this mixed-methods study targets the linguistic practices of 16 Belgian-Dutch speaking caregivers. First, a quantitative variationist analysis identifies caregivers’ style-shifts between adult-directed (ADS) and child-directed speech (CDS) during dinner table conversation Read More

Abstract The multilingual family archive as a microcosm: language choice and language shift within the Leiden Huguenot Luzac family (1691–1866) This paper investigates the phenomena of language choice and language shift in the extensive archives of the Luzac family, a family of Huguenot migrants based in the Dutch city of Leiden. Spanning the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, the archival material is exam Read More

Abstract From farmer field to royal park: Languagecultural place-making and marketing in the online linguistic practices of two Belgian football clubs Languagecultural research into language variation and stylization often focuses on the carnivalesque or parodic. In the context of football fan-engagement on social media, a praxis as playful as it is ‘serious’, we compare the linguistic practices of two professional Belgian foo Read More

Abstract Why do we always use do? Evidence from an assessment-experiment with scaled assessments and free responses In this article, we report on an assessment-experiment in which we gauge two aspectual predictors of non-standard do-support in Netherlandic Dutch: a habitual context (‘ik doe dan altijd bijles geven’ – I usually provide tutoring then) and a progressive context (‘ik doe nu huiswerk maken’ – I am cu Read More