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Even in Microstate Andorra, There Is Room for Language Variation
18 August 2023
Variation exists in everything, and language is no exception. No matter how small an area is, there is always room for language variation, writes linguist Marten van der Meulen.
The Musical Receiver Within Flip Kowlier
6 December 2022
As a musician he aims to be playing with others but as a songwriter Flip Kowlier prefers to watch from the sidelines. His sixth album September features characters who are, more often than not, the tragicomic playthings of fate. Kowlier describes their experiences with irony and wit alongside the he
New Reference Work on Regional Languages in the Netherlands and Flanders
29 August 2022
In the book Wie zegt wat waar? (Who Says What Where?) the reader is presented with a more accurate picture of the regional languages in the Netherlands and Flanders than in many other reference works. Dialect areas are less strictly demarcated here and reflect the increased interplay between regiona
Singing in Dutch Is Cool Again
17 March 2020
Dutch-language pop music is making a comeback, as is shown by the programming at Noorderslag and Dutch exports to Belgium. An exploration of Dutch-language music export between Belgium and the Netherlands.
A Standard Language Is a Dialect With an Army
28 January 2020
Similar to most Flemish people, I find myself in between three types of language: my dialect (“mother tongue”), the tussentaal (“in-between language”) and the culture language (or “standard language”). My daughter will, for example, tell me I sound quite artificial when she listens to me
Broeder Dieleman and the Rise of Dutch Dialect Singers
21 March 2019
On his fourth album ‘Komma’ (Comma) Tonnie Dieleman, alias Broeder Dieleman, tells tales from and about his native soil, the district of Axel in Zeelandic Flanders. Because you just do not feel as connected to anywhere else as the clay where you were born and raised. A lesson that more and more