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Letters as Loot

A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch

By: Gijsbert Rutten,Marijke J. van der Wal

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Letters as Loot

A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch

By: Gijsbert Rutten,Marijke J. van der Wal

The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper ranks, written by men as well as women. The book discusses the key issues of formulaic language and the degree of orality of private letters, it questions the importance of letter-writing manuals, and reveals remarkable patterns of social, regional and gender variation in a wide range of linguistic features. Arguing for writing experience as an important factor in historical linguistics generally, the book offers numerous new perspectives on the history of Dutch. The monograph is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Germanic linguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.

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Language Planning as Nation Building

Ideology, policy and implementation in the Netherlands, 1750–1850

By: Gijsbert Rutten

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Language Planning as Nation Building

Ideology, policy and implementation in the Netherlands, 1750–1850

By: Gijsbert Rutten

The decades around 1800 constitute the seminal period of European nationalism. The linguistic corollary of this was the rise of standard language ideology, from Finland to Spain, and from Iceland to the Habsburg Empire. Amidst these international events, the case of Dutch in the Netherlands offers a unique example. After the rise of the ideology from the 1750s onwards, the new discourse of one language–one nation was swiftly transformed into concrete top-down policies aimed at the dissemination of the newly devised standard language across the entire population of the newly established Dutch nation-state. Thus, the Dutch case offers an exciting perspective on the concomitant rise of cultural nationalism, national language planning and standard language ideology. This study offers a comprehensive yet detailed analysis of these phenomena by focussing on the ideology underpinning the new language policy, the institutionalisation of this ideology in metalinguistic discourse, the implementation of the policy in education, and the effects of the policy on actual language use.

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Letters as Loot

A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch

By: Gijsbert Rutten,Marijke J. van der Wal

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A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch

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