Taal en Tongval: Language Variation in the Low Countries (Dec 2014)
Systematisch onderzoek naar Nederlandse contactvariëteiten
Abstract
Systematic research into contact varieties of Dutch The purpose of this article is to show that the compilation of a corpus of Dutch contact varieties, CoVaCo, will offer new and interesting possibilities for research. Paragraph 2 gives an overview of Dutch contact varieties and the texts available in these varieties, digitally or in printed form. This proves that building CoVaCo is feasible. Paragraph 3 presents a number of limited case studies to show the research potential of CoVaCo. Finally, in paragraph 4, I ask researchers for practical support in building CoVaCo.
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