De distinctie tussen Nederlands-Nederlands en Belgisch-Nederlands door Centraal-Europese studenten Nederlands als Vreemde Taal ; The distinction between Netherlandic Dutch and Belgian Dutch made by central European students of Dutch as a foreign language

In this article we examine the extent to which students of Dutch as a Foreign Language are able to distinguish between both European standard varieties of Dutch, i.e. Netherlandic Dutch and Belgian Dutch, and which phonetic indicators they use in doing so. In total, 66 students of Dutch in Central Europe participated in a distinction test, which was carried out in 2019 and 2022. The participants were native speakers of Hungarian or a Slavic language and had a minimal level of B1. Their task was to determine the national accent of 12 sound clips of ca. 30 seconds. The results show a correlation... Mehr ...