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Publication details [#53483]

Grondelaers, Stefan and R. van Hout. 2010. Is Standard Dutch with a regional accent standard or not? Evidence from native speakers' attitudes. Language Variation and Change 22 (2) : 221–239.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conceptualization | language attitude | native speaker | perception1 | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Dutch

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study confirms that regional accent is embedded in lay conceptualizations of Standard Dutch. There also appears to be a hierarchical link between accent and occupation as perception triggers.