• Service
  • Woord van de dag
  • Dictionary
  • Corpus
  • Nieuwsbrief
• All about Dutch
  • History of Dutch
• Department
  • Staff
  • Research, projects
  • Teaching
  • Events

Research projects

Research activities of the section of Dutch Linguistics focus on structure and the history of Dutch in a contrastive perspective (especially with regard to German and other Germanic languages). Next to this, we deal with social aspects of Dutch in the Netherlands, Belgium and Surinam, three countries with Dutch as a national language. These topics equally are the centre of our teaching.

Currently, we are working on the following major linguistic projects:

• Words & Phrases
  DFG project - a comparative investigation of A+N compounds (type Sauermilch) and idiomatic A+N phrases (type saurer Regen) in Dutch and German


• Forms of multilingualism in European history
  Sub-project in the Integrated Project DYLAN (Language Dynamics and Management of Diversity) funded by the EU


• Modifying words. Dutch adverbial morphology in contrast.
  PhD research project on the diachronic dimension of adverbial word formation in Dutch (in comparison to English and German)


• History of Dutch Studies Our department is involved in a research project on the History of extramural Dutch Studies, thus Dutch studies outside of Belgium and the Netherlands. This project is conducted by both the section of Dutch Linguistics and the section of Dutch literature at FU. It is funded by the 'Nederlandse Taalunie'. A new project on the history of Dutch studies in Germany will be funded by the DFG.


• Dutch++: Examples and new models for learning and teaching pluricentric languages
  Dutch++ is an e-learning project (coordinated by the University of Vienna), funded by the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme.