Roland Willemyns
Biographic Data
| ID | 1538305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roland Willemyns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roland |
| FAMILY NAME | Willemyns |
| SIGNATURE | WILLEMYNS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Multilingualism and History
We often hear that our world 'is more multilingual than ever before', but is it true? This book shatters that cliché. It is the first volume to shine light on the millennia-long history of multilingualism as a social, institutional and demographic phenomenon. Its fifteen chapters, written in clear, accessible language by prominent historians, classicists, and sociolinguists, span the period from the third century BC to the present day, and range …
Dutch
Diglossie versus Kontinuum? Der Einfluss von Dialektverlust
Historical Sociolinguistics
Dutch
This is the text of the first Pieter Geyl Memorial Lecture delivered at University College London on 13 October 2004. The theme of the lecture was the role of language as a nation building element in general and in the Netherlands in particular. After an overview of what part language played prior to the 19th century, I concentrate on two instances where language planning and policy have played an extremely important part. One is of a mainly ideo…
Dutch
The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium
This article is restricted to a description of language border fluctuations in Belgium as far as its Dutch-French portion is concerned. After a brief description of the so-called 'language question' in Belgium the notion of language border is discussed in general. Then comes an overview of the status and function of the language border in Belgium and of the actual language border fluctuations as they have occurred up to the present day. Two probl…
Aspects of the Romance-Germanic Language Border
Sprachvariation in Flandern im 19. Jahrhundert
Article Sprachvariation in Flandern im 19. Jahrhundert: theoretisch-methodische Probleme der historischen, soziolinguistischen Forschung was published on December 31, 1999 in the journal Sociolinguistica (volume 13, issue 1)
French-German Bilingual Education in Alsace
After a discussion of the past history of the instruction of German in Alsatian schools, this paper focuses on a recent and new development- the introduction of bilingual instruction (half of the time in French, the other half in German) in a series of pre-elementary and elementary schools, public as well as private. Since other forms of German instruction continue to exist (a three-hour and a six-hour system) the motivation and incentive for thi…
Deutsch im französischen Schulsystem im Elsaß
Dutch in the European Union
Language Shift Through Erosion
This paper discusses the consequences of language shift through erosion on the basis of an analysis of the development of the situation in French Flanders. This part of northern France used to be part of Dutch-speaking Flanders until 1678, when it was annexed by the French crown. Although the language shift process started almost immediately it only gained momentum after the French Revolution, as a consequence of a deliberate Frenchification poli…
Pluricentric principles in the standardization of 19th century Dutch
As the official language of Belgium and The Netherlands Dutch is in a so-called pluricentric position. After the political split of the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century, French had become the prestige language of the southern Netherlands, later to become Belgium. From 1830 onwards, the year Belgium officially came into existence, a so-called Flemish Movement tried to improve the position and the status of Dutch. Several problems emerged…
Growth and Development of Standard Dutch in Belgium
The Standardization of Dutch in Flanders
A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area
Article A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area: The Treaty of Linguistic Union (Taalunieverdrag) was published on January 1, 1984 in the journal Multilingua (volume 3, issue 4)
The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium
This article is restricted to a description of language border fluctuations in Belgium as far as its Dutch-French portion is concerned. After a brief description of the so-called 'language question' in Belgium the notion of language border is discussed in general. Then comes an overview of the status and function of the language border in Belgium and of the actual language border fluctuations as they have occurred up to the present day. Two probl…
The Standardization of Dutch in Flanders
Pluricentric principles in the standardization of 19th century Dutch
As the official language of Belgium and The Netherlands Dutch is in a so-called pluricentric position. After the political split of the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century, French had become the prestige language of the southern Netherlands, later to become Belgium. From 1830 onwards, the year Belgium officially came into existence, a so-called Flemish Movement tried to improve the position and the status of Dutch. Several problems emerged…
A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area
Article A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area: The Treaty of Linguistic Union (Taalunieverdrag) was published on January 1, 1984 in the journal Multilingua (volume 3, issue 4)
A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area
Article A common legal framework for language unity in the Dutch language area: The Treaty of Linguistic Union (Taalunieverdrag) was published on January 1, 1984 in the journal Multilingua (volume 3, issue 4)
Growth and Development of Standard Dutch in Belgium
The Standardization of Dutch in Flanders
Pluricentric principles in the standardization of 19th century Dutch
As the official language of Belgium and The Netherlands Dutch is in a so-called pluricentric position. After the political split of the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century, French had become the prestige language of the southern Netherlands, later to become Belgium. From 1830 onwards, the year Belgium officially came into existence, a so-called Flemish Movement tried to improve the position and the status of Dutch. Several problems emerged…
Dutch in the European Union
Language Shift Through Erosion
This paper discusses the consequences of language shift through erosion on the basis of an analysis of the development of the situation in French Flanders. This part of northern France used to be part of Dutch-speaking Flanders until 1678, when it was annexed by the French crown. Although the language shift process started almost immediately it only gained momentum after the French Revolution, as a consequence of a deliberate Frenchification poli…
French-German Bilingual Education in Alsace
After a discussion of the past history of the instruction of German in Alsatian schools, this paper focuses on a recent and new development- the introduction of bilingual instruction (half of the time in French, the other half in German) in a series of pre-elementary and elementary schools, public as well as private. Since other forms of German instruction continue to exist (a three-hour and a six-hour system) the motivation and incentive for thi…
Deutsch im französischen Schulsystem im Elsaß
Sprachvariation in Flandern im 19. Jahrhundert
Article Sprachvariation in Flandern im 19. Jahrhundert: theoretisch-methodische Probleme der historischen, soziolinguistischen Forschung was published on December 31, 1999 in the journal Sociolinguistica (volume 13, issue 1)
The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium
This article is restricted to a description of language border fluctuations in Belgium as far as its Dutch-French portion is concerned. After a brief description of the so-called 'language question' in Belgium the notion of language border is discussed in general. Then comes an overview of the status and function of the language border in Belgium and of the actual language border fluctuations as they have occurred up to the present day. Two probl…
Aspects of the Romance-Germanic Language Border
Dutch
Dutch
This is the text of the first Pieter Geyl Memorial Lecture delivered at University College London on 13 October 2004. The theme of the lecture was the role of language as a nation building element in general and in the Netherlands in particular. After an overview of what part language played prior to the 19th century, I concentrate on two instances where language planning and policy have played an extremely important part. One is of a mainly ideo…
Historical Sociolinguistics
Diglossie versus Kontinuum? Der Einfluss von Dialektverlust
Dutch
Multilingualism and History
We often hear that our world 'is more multilingual than ever before', but is it true? This book shatters that cliché. It is the first volume to shine light on the millennia-long history of multilingualism as a social, institutional and demographic phenomenon. Its fifteen chapters, written in clear, accessible language by prominent historians, classicists, and sociolinguists, span the period from the third century BC to the present day, and range …
Linguistics (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · History (8 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (6 works) · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy (6 works) · Linguistic research and analysis (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Language policy (5 works)