If you walked down the street in the Netherlands three hundred years ago, you might just be able to follow a conversation. If you go back even further, it quickly becomes unintelligible to modern ears. Language never stands still: words shift meaning, sounds disappear and new forms emerge. How did Dutch get its current form, what challenges does it face today — and how will our language develop tomorrow?
Show notes:
An overview of discussed texts, books and the dialect bank:
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- Presentation:
- Gemma Venhuizen
- Guests:
- Hendrik Spiering and Ellen de Bruin
- Editing & editing:
- Liz Dautzenberg
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