Open AccessDreigt werkelijk het einde van het Nederlands? Een discussiestuk
Author(s) -
Wilken Engelbrecht
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
neerlandica wratislaviensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0860-0716
DOI - 10.19195/8060-0716.26.10
Subject(s) - horst , theology , history , demography , sociology , philosophy , geology , structural basin , paleontology
In this paper the problem of so-called ‘Polder Dutch’ and tendencies in modern Dutch to diverge from the official written language, commonly called ‘Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands’ Common Civilized Dutch are discussed in a reaction to the two scholars Jan Stroop and Joop van der Horst. The contribution focuses on the consequences for Dutch Studies abroad.