In:Pardon my French?: Dutch–French language contact in the Netherlands (1500–1900)
Gijsbert Rutten, Andreas Krogull, Brenda Assendelft and Jill Puttaert
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 15] 2026
► pp. 90–114
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Chapter 5Language choice in private family correspondence
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Published online: 9 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.15.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.15.c5
Article outline
- 5.1Introduction
- 5.2Data and methodology
- 5.2.1Collecting archival data
- 5.2.2Compiling databases
- 5.2.3Categorising language choice
- 5.2.4Selecting letter data
- 5.2.5Representing language choice
- 5.2.6Final dataset
- 5.3Quantitative analysis and results
- 5.3.1Language choice across time
- 5.3.2Language choice across space
- 5.3.3Language choice across gender
- 5.3.4Language choice across familial relationships
- 5.4Discussion
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