Chapter 14. Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian
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Germen J. de Haan
Abstract
Modernization has changed Dutch-Frisian language relations after the Second World War radically. Full bilingualism and the dominant position of Dutch have led to favourable conditions for interference of Frisian from Dutch. In this paper we go into these changes and present an overview of the types of interference that take place from different grammatical domains: the lexicon, phonology, morphology and syntax. These examples indicate that this interference is data-oriented and not grammar-oriented, as predicted by the Chomskyan view on language acquisition. Furthermore we pay attention to the external factors that defines the relation between Dutch and Frisian as one of competitive bilingualism, Frisian being the language under heavy pressure. Finally we sketch the changes in the language situation in Fryslân against the background of the provincial language policy.
Abstract
Modernization has changed Dutch-Frisian language relations after the Second World War radically. Full bilingualism and the dominant position of Dutch have led to favourable conditions for interference of Frisian from Dutch. In this paper we go into these changes and present an overview of the types of interference that take place from different grammatical domains: the lexicon, phonology, morphology and syntax. These examples indicate that this interference is data-oriented and not grammar-oriented, as predicted by the Chomskyan view on language acquisition. Furthermore we pay attention to the external factors that defines the relation between Dutch and Frisian as one of competitive bilingualism, Frisian being the language under heavy pressure. Finally we sketch the changes in the language situation in Fryslân against the background of the provincial language policy.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Recent trends in Frisian linguistics 11
- Chapter 2. Why Old Frisian is really Middle Frisian 25
- Chapter 3. Syntax of Old Frisian 47
- Chapter 4. Finiteness and verb fronting 63
- Chapter 5. More is going on upstairs than downstairs 99
- Chapter 6. The Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo 131
- Chapter 7. Two infinitives 153
- Chapter 8. The verbal complex 165
- Chapter 9. The third construction 199
- Chapter 10. Complementizer agreement 215
- Chapter 11. Grammatical borrowing and language change 233
- Chapter 12. Frisian language changes 251
- Chapter 13. Recent changes in the verbal complex of Frisian 265
- Chapter 14. Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian 275
- Chapter 15. On the (in-)stability of Frisian 301
- Chapter 16. Nasalization and lengthening 317
- Chapter 17. Monophthongs and syllable structure 331
- Chapter 18. A lexical theory of schwa-deletion 341
- References 357
- Acknowledgements 379
- Index 381
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Recent trends in Frisian linguistics 11
- Chapter 2. Why Old Frisian is really Middle Frisian 25
- Chapter 3. Syntax of Old Frisian 47
- Chapter 4. Finiteness and verb fronting 63
- Chapter 5. More is going on upstairs than downstairs 99
- Chapter 6. The Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo 131
- Chapter 7. Two infinitives 153
- Chapter 8. The verbal complex 165
- Chapter 9. The third construction 199
- Chapter 10. Complementizer agreement 215
- Chapter 11. Grammatical borrowing and language change 233
- Chapter 12. Frisian language changes 251
- Chapter 13. Recent changes in the verbal complex of Frisian 265
- Chapter 14. Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian 275
- Chapter 15. On the (in-)stability of Frisian 301
- Chapter 16. Nasalization and lengthening 317
- Chapter 17. Monophthongs and syllable structure 331
- Chapter 18. A lexical theory of schwa-deletion 341
- References 357
- Acknowledgements 379
- Index 381
