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Zusatztext vivid and clear ... a wonderful book Informationen zum Autor Roland Willemyns is Emeritus Professor of Dutch Linguistics at Vrije Universiteit Brussels Klappentext More than 22 million people speak Dutch-primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, and the Antilles. Roland Willemyns here offers a well-researched and highly readable survey of the Dutch language in all its historical, geographic, and social aspects. Willemyns tells a story of language contact and conflict. From its earliest days, Dutch has been in intense contact with other languages both within and outside the borders of the Low Countries, particularly with French, Frisian, and German. a survey that brings a broad public up to date with the evolution of a language through centuries of contacts and conflicts with other tongues. Finally, you can trace the entire history of Dutch in an English-language book. Andy Furniere, Flanders Today Zusammenfassung Offers a well-researched and highly readable survey of the language in all its historical, geographic, and social aspects Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Who speaks Dutch and where? Chapter Two: Old Dutch. Its Ancestors and Its Contemporaries Chapter Three: Middle Dutch: Language and Literature Chapter Four: Early New Dutch 1500-1800 Chapter Five: Reunion and Secession: The Nineteenth Century Chapter Six: Twentieth Century: The Age of the Standard Language Chapter Seven: Colonial Dutch Chapter Eight: Afrikaans Chapter Nine: Progress or Decay? The future development of Dutch Chapter Ten: Chapter Main Sources and Further Reading
