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. 135–156
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Chapter 7Language choice and language shift in Leiden
The Luzac family
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Published online: 9 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.15.c7
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.15.c7
Article outline
- 7.1Introduction
- 7.2Historical background
- 7.2.1The city of Leiden
- 7.2.2The Luzac family
- 7.3Data and methodology
- 7.4Macro-level analysis
- 7.4.1Method
- 7.4.2Language choice across time
- 7.4.3Language choice across domains
- 7.4.4Preliminary conclusion
- 7.5Micro-level analysis: Private correspondence
- 7.5.1Method
- 7.5.2Jean Luzac (1746–1807)
- 7.5.3Lodewijk Caspar Luzac (1785–1861)
- 7.5.4Preliminary conclusion
- 7.6Discussion
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