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Vriesendorp, Hielke (2017)

Death in the Polder. The absorption of Polder Dutch into Standard Dutch

Research master thesis | Linguistics (research) (MA)
Contrary to most studies of Polder Dutch, which argue that Polder Dutch and Standard Dutch have different social connotations (Stroop 1998, 2010; Van Bezooijen 1999, Van Bezooijen and Van den Berg 2001), this thesis aims to demonstrate that present-day language users do not distinguish between the two varieties. Combining two matched guise experiments it shows not only that non-linguists are not able to name ‘Polder Dutch,’ but also that they do not rate the two varieties differently on a range of evaluative scales, providing evidence that Polder Dutch is not perceived to be distinguishable from Standard Dutch.
Polder Dutch
Perceptual dialectology
Language attitudes
Dialect recognition
Standard Dutch
Speech perception
Author
Vriesendorp, Hielke
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Linguistics
Supervisors
Rutten, Gijsbert
ECTS Credits
30
Language
en