Projects
The development of Dutch language acquisition by pupils in Flemish and Dutch education. KU Leuven
Finish your plate and clean up your language! A mixed methods approach to Colloquial Belgian Dutch and Standard Dutch variation in child-directed speech at Flemish dinner table conversations. KU Leuven
This project studies variation in the way parents address their children, focusing on parents’ selection of Colloquial Belgian Dutch (‘tussentaal’, e.g. gij ‘you’) or Standard Belgian Dutch forms (e.g. jij ‘you’). To acquire a comprehensive view on the matter, a mixed methods approach is adopted, in which quantitative and qualitative approaches are integrated.
Sabbatical Albert Oosterhof: Applied Dutch studies: Language variation and grammar studies in applied perspective KU Leuven
The sabbatical period is aimed at carrying out a number of sub-studies in the field of Dutch grammar, language variation and language proficiency. This will include the following:
topics are published and presented:
- omission of language elements in headlines: prepositions (in collaboration with research group GIST, UGent);
- comparative correlatives in Dutch: constructions with the longer… the meer and influence of ...
Towards multilingual language histories: Dutch in context and contact Vrije Universiteit Brussel
How pluricentric is the Dutch language really?! Mapping the mental representation of pluricentricity Ghent University
This project maps the mental representation of pluricentricity in the Dutch language area by empirically studying perceptions of and attitudes towards national grammatical and lexical variation. It will address the issue of conceptual and methodological vagueness in much research on pluricentricity by adopting a systematic transnational approach (collecting data in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and by ...