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Heeringa, Wilbert; Nerbonne, John – Language Variation and Change, 2001
Discusses dialectal differences in the aggregate. Employs a dialectometric technique that provides an additive measure of pronunciation difference: The (aggregate) pronunciation difference. Sampled Dutch towns and villages, where the variation ranges between 56% and 81%, lending credence to the dialect continuum view. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dutch, Foreign Countries

Gerritsen, Marinel – Language Variation and Change, 1999
Deals with divergence on the lexical, phonological, and morphological levels in three dialects that were the same until the mid-20th century (Maaseiks in Belgium, Susters in the Netherlands, and Waldfeuchts in Germany) and that have changed under the influence of three different standard languages (Belgian Dutch, Netherlandic Dutch, and Standard…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Dutch, Foreign Countries

Van De Velde, Hans; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1996
Analyzes the devoicing of voiced fricatives in Southern Standard Dutch (spoken in Belgium) and Northern Standard Dutch (spoken in the Netherlands) based on archived recordings of radio broadcasts from 1935-93. Findings reveal a divergence between the two language varieties in the pronunciation of voiced fricatives in this period. (54 references)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiotape Recordings, Comparative Analysis, Dutch