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Title: A reconsideration of the status of English in the Netherlands within the Kachruvian Three Circles model
Author(s): Gerritsen, M. ; Meurs, W.F.J. van ; Planken, B.C. ; Korzilius, H.P.L.M.
Publication year: 2016
Source: World Englishes, vol. 35, iss. 3, (2016), pp. 457-474
Number of Pages: 18 p.
ISSN: 0883-2919
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/weng.12206
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: Institute for Management Research
Language in Society
Non-nativeness in Communication
Organization: Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen
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Journal title:
World Englishes
Volume: vol. 35
Issue: iss. 3
Page start: p. 457
Page end: p. 474
Abstract:
The English used in the Netherlands, a European Union country, is classified by many linguists as an ESL variety, or, within Kachru’s (1985) Three Circles model, as an Outer Circle variety, or as being between an Outer and an Expanding Circle variety. This paper investigates the status of English in the Netherlands through a systematic application of the six criteria used by Kachru (1985) to classify the position of English in a country. The study is based on recent quantitative and qualitative data and shows that English in the Netherlands should be classified as an Expanding Circle variety.

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