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Advanced Structures & Complex Grammar
Passive voice, subjunctive, relative clauses, infinitive constructions and formal Dutch
Syntaxis van lange zinnen: meerdere bijzinnen
Syntax of long sentences: multiple subordinate clauses
Stacking of relative and complement clauses
Managing multiple levels of embedding in Dutch
Formeel Nederlands: u-vormen en ambtelijke stijl
Formal Dutch: u-forms and official style
U wordt verzocht… / Wij verzoeken u… / Hierbij berichten wij…
Official register features in Dutch
Schrijftaal vs spreektaal: verschillen
Written vs spoken language: differences
Infinitive -en dropped in speech; t-deletion; contracted forms
Major differences between spoken and written Dutch
Ellipsis in coördinerende constructies
Ellipsis in coordinating constructions
Jan werkt hard en Marie [werkt hard] ook.
Gapping and other ellipsis types in Dutch
Topicalisering en focus in het Nederlands
Topicalisation and focus in Dutch
DAT wil ik niet. / Hem heeft ze gebeld.
Moving constituents for discourse-level focus
Woordvorming: productieve processen
Word formation: productive processes
Compounding dominant; -ing, -er, -lijk, -baar productive
Summary of productive Dutch morphological processes
Sociolinguïstiek: variatie in het Nederlands
Sociolinguistics: variation in Dutch
Age, region, class, formality affect Dutch
Sociolinguistic dimensions of Dutch language use
Gesproken interactie: discourse markers
Spoken interaction: discourse markers
nou, toch, hoor, hè, zeg, weet je, eigenlijk
Dutch conversational particles and their pragmatic functions
Taalverandering: nieuwe woorden en constructies
Language change: new words and constructions
chillen, updaten, een issue, random, ik was zo van…
Recent changes in Dutch under English influence
Het Nederlands in de wereld: Afrikaans, Surinaams, Vlaams
Dutch in the world: Afrikaans, Surinamese, Flemish
Afrikaans descended from Dutch; Belgian and Surinamese varieties
Global spread and varieties of the Dutch language