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Peer reviewedJacobs, Dirk – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Describes switch from secrecy in the plan to realign the inconsistent system of orthography in the Dutch language by the Dutch and Belgian governments to an emotional public controversy. Explores how this struggle turned out to be less a debate on suitable spelling changes than an issue about how legitimate spelling reforms were to be reached and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Dutch, Foreign Countries
