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Between Pre-German and Pre-English: The Origin of Dutch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2010

Anthony F. Buccini
Anthony F. Buccini*
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University of Chicago
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Department of Linguistics, The University of Chicago, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637, USA, [ab21@uchicago.edu]
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Abstract

This paper examines the socio-historical context in which Dutch arose as a result of contact between Frankish and Ingvæonic speakers in the seventh and eighth centuries. I first consider some persistent pitfalls in socio-historical linguistics with regard to better-known instances of language contact in medieval Europe. I review the reflexes of umlaut in Dutch and propose a solution for this long-standing problem in terms of language contact. Finally, the linguistic analysis is placed in a social and historical context, with special attention to the role of slavery in creating the context for the linguistic developments that took place.*

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 22 , Special Issue 4: SPECIAL ISSUE: DUTCH BETWEEN ENGLISH AND GERMAN , December 2010 , pp. 301 - 314
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 2010

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