The Holy Spirit Speaks Dutch
David Joris and the Promotion of the Dutch Language, 1538-1545
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3593657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary K Waite (0000-0003-4417-0266, University of New Brunswick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-59 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3168002 |
| OpenAlex | W2126456102 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The attempt to create a purified Dutch language and establish a Dutch cultural and linguistic identity distinct from Germanic variants became a major preoccupation of late sixteenth and seventeenth-century Netherlanders. Overcoming variations in regional dialects between the central province of Holland and the northern, eastern, and southern provinces and constructing a standard unitary language for inhabitants of the Low Countries was to occupy Dutch writers for several generations. Clearly the development of a national vernacular was essential in the process of achieving cultural and political independence from the Spanish overlords during the Eighty Years War
Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Independence (probability theory) · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Unitary state · Vernacular · History · Law · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |