3 search results for “sociolinguistics” in the Staff website
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Naomi TruanFaculty of Humanities
n.a.l.truan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1650
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2075
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Opposing the French participle clause
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perhaps one of the most unfathomable grammatical constructions in Dutch. For what (or who) is serving whom (or what)? It actually means ‘ice and weather permitting’.…