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Peer reviewedGerritsen, Marinel – Language Variation and Change, 1992
The linguistic embedding, transition, and actuation of the obliteration of the gerund ending "-e" in the West Flemish dialect of Bruges is examined. The study shows that deflection (loss of inflections) started in the fourteenth century and is almost complete today. (33 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Consonants, Dialect Studies, European History, Foreign Countries
