1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Sociolinguistics in the Netherlandic language area (by Hout, Roeland van) 4. Part One: Language And Social Class 5. Why do some people speak in a more complicated way than others? (by Broeck, Jef van den) 6. The deficit hypothesis and the social stratification of mother talk (by Beheydt, Ludovic) 7. Social differences in the acquisition of Netherlandic word formation (by Smedts, W.A.J.) 8. Social linguistics and the failure of theories (by Van de Craen, Piet) 9. Pragmatic and conversational aspects of speech in families from different social milieus (by Huls, Erica) 10. The difference hypothesis in the Kerkrade project: measurement of verbal abilities and intelligence (by Vallen, Ton) 11. Deficit and difference: a false dichotomy in an educational perspective (by Sturm, Jan) 12. Part Two: Language Attitudes 13. Language attitudes of future teachers in The Netherlands (by Diederen, Frans) 14. Why do Antwerpians consider Netherlandic language varieties as 'cultured', 'pleasant', 'beautiful', 'rich'? (by Deprez, Kas) 15. Language assimilation or ethnocentrism among Flemish people living in The Netherlands (by Knops, Uus) 16. Ethnicity in Friesland (by Plank, Pieter van der) 17. Attitudes and experiences of discrimination: the Netherlandic of Moroccan foreign workers (by Muysken, Pieter) 18. List of contributors
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