How easy is it for speakers of dutch to understand frisian and afrikaans, and why?

Linguistics in the Netherlands

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Van Bezooijen, Renée ^a   Gooskens, Charlotte ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34047236850     PISSN: 09297332     EISSN: 15699919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/avt.22.04bez     Document Type: Article

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