English and the use of the simple past in Dutch
The global dominance of English has resulted in contact-induced change in many of the world’s languages. While lexical influence is perhaps the most widespread and the most visible form of change, there are indications that English may also be influencing languages on a structural level. In this article, we investigate a case of potential contact-induced structural change in the verb tense system of Dutch. Non-standard use of the simple past (instead of the standard present perfect) has been noticed for some time, and often linked to English influence. Based on an acceptability judgment questi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Veenstra , J & Knooihuizen , R 2021 , ' English and the use of the simple past in Dutch ' , Taal en Tongval , vol. 73 , no. 1 , pp. 81-101 . https://doi.org/10.5117/TET2021.3.VEEN ; ISSN:0776-0566 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27058730 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/11370/62ef9026-a9a8-4acf-a865-5a8ec90bbba7 |