Do we want more or less variation? ; The comparative markers als and dan in Dutch prescriptivism since 1900
Abstract The suppression of optional variability is a cornerstone of English prescriptivism. For Dutch, however, it is unknown whether this concept is equally important. The goal of this paper is to investigate which stance towards variation is taken in Dutch prescriptivism, and what arguments are used to support this stance. I address these questions by looking at 236 usage advice items from 73 Dutch prescriptive publications concerning the comparative particles als and dan . This data shows a clear division in the allowance of variation. With the standard comparative (groter als/dan ), varia... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Linguistics in the Netherlands ; Linguistics in the Netherlands 2018 ; volume 35, page 79-96 ; ISSN 0929-7332 1569-9919 |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Schlagwörter: | Linguistics and Language / Language and Linguistics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26653118 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/avt.00006.meu |