Internationale Neerlandistiek - Volume 60, Issue 3, 2022

Abstract (English) As is well known, Dutch-speaking merchants, officials and leaders were active in the Indonesian archipelago from the end of the sixteenth century. This article explores language contact between Dutch and other languages in the seventeenth century in the Indonesian archipelago and how the arrival of Dutch to some extent transformed the language environment there. It investigates this language con Read More

Abstract (English) The research that has been conducted into W.F. Hermans’ novel Ik heb altijd gelijk seems to be overly focused on the scandal caused by the anti-Catholic statements Lodewijk Stegman makes in the first chapter. This narrowed scope does not do the novel justice, because it contains more intriguing aspects. Lodewijk Stegman is completely void of ideology, and not only opposed to Catholicism but to communi Read More