Abstract
The linguistic situation in 18th-century Flanders has been characterized as period of decay, and the most important grammar of the time, Jan Des Roches' (?1740-1787) Nieuwe Nederduytsche spraek-konst (1761), as a grammar of the Antwerp dialect. A study of the sources and the contents of Des Roches' grammar reveals that the author produced a comprehensive compilation of linguistic ideas taken from the works of Southern-Dutch predecessors (e.g. Bincken 1757, Verpoorten 1752, 1759), Northern-Dutch normative grammars (Moonen 1706, Sewel 1712), a Dutch introduction to Latin (Fondamenten 1762) as well as the French grammatical tradition (Buffier 1754). Instead of a dialect-oriented amateur, Des Roches appears to have been a rather learned and creative grammarian.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 362-384 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde |
| Volume | 125 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Dutch
- Historical sociolinguistics