Marc van Oostendorp
Professor of Dutch & Academic Communication
Linguist working on Dutch phonology, language variation and language policy. Editor of Neerlandistiek and the Journal of Linguistics; writer for a broad audience on language, education and academic culture.
You can find more information on the About me page, and on the pages which are linked to in the menu above. (Please note that I am restructuring my site at this moment. The site is also in English only at this moment.)
Recent writing
Latest blogposts
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Close or far away? The neighbouring country in Dutch and German regional newspapers
On Tuesday May 12, 2026, Heidi de Ruiter defends her PhD thesis Close or far away? The neighbouring country in Dutch and German regional…
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Marking L2 written exam answers in an EMI context: no effect of ELF and no foreign language effect on grading by university lecturers
New article, with Lidy Zijlmans and Roeland van Hout. You can find it here. Abstract: We aim to contribute to the discussion on whether…
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Pronouncing Acronyms in Esperanto
Abstract: This chapter investigates how fluent Esperanto speakers pronounce acronyms, replicating and extending Torres-Tamarit and Martínez-Paricio’s (2024) study of Spanish acronyms. Although Esperanto was…
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Diphthongs in Dutch
I wrote a chapter on Dutch for a handbook on polyphthongs in the world’s languages. Below is the abstract. The manuscript is on LingBuzz…
Books
Selected books
Atlas van het dialect in Nederland.
Lannoo, 2026.
Segmental Structure and Tone.
Brill De Gruyter, 2017
Approaches to Metaphony in the Languages of Italy.
Brill De Gruyter, 2016.
For students
Prospective BA, MA & PhD
I welcome inquiries from students interested in:
- Phonological theory and analysis
- Dutch language and dialects
- Language variation in European languages
- Language policy and planning
- Constructed languages and language design
- Linguistics pedagogy and teaching methods
Contact
You can most easily contact me on e-mail (I often do not see messages sent to me by social media).