A corpus-based contrastive analysis of the Dutch adjectival -s ending. Deflexion or refunctionalization

peer reviewed ; In this study, we contrast the Moroccan-Dutch ethnolect with the language use of full native speakers within the framework of Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (Granger 1996). Our focus will be on their realization of Dutch adjectival morphology. Language users of the Moroccan-Dutch ethnolect may be creatively restructuring Dutch morphology in a number of novel ways. In particular, the adjectival -e inflection has drawn scholarly attention (Van de Velde and Weerman 2014). Here, it is argued that these language users are revitalizing a seemingly defunct inflection system by dis... Mehr ...