Dick Smakman
University Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. D. Smakman
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2607
- d.smakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4767-4809
Dick Smakman is a University Lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics.
Fields of interest
- Sociolinguistics
- Socophonetics
- Didactics
- Language learning
- Ideologies
- Standardisation
- Diversity
- Globalisation
Research
Finding out why people make the language choices they make, be they in their first or their second language.
Curriculum vitae
| 1996-2001 | PhD track, Sociolinguistics, Nijmegen University; PhD in 2006 |
| 1997-1998 | English Language & Literature, Amsterdam University (UvA); MA in 1998 |
| 1994-1995 | Linguistics, Nijmegen University; MA in 1995 |
| 1992-1994 | Linguistics, Durham University, England |
| 1990-1992 | English Language & Literature, Nijmegen University |
Key publications
- Smakman, D. (2012) The definition of the standard language: a survey in seven countries. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 218, pp. 25-58.
(Article) - Botma, E.D. & Sebregts, K & Smakman, D. (2012) The phonetics and phonology of Dutch mid vowels before /l/. Laboratory Phonology, 3 (2), pp. 273-298.
(Article) - Smakman, D. & Korzilius, H. & Meurs, F., van & Neerven, E., van (2009)
English words and phrases in radio commercials in the Netherlands: Their use and effects. ESP Across Cultures, 6, pp. 107-128. (Article) - Smith-Christmas, C. & Smakman, D. (2009) Gaelic on Skye: Older speakers' identity in a language-shift situation. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2009 (200), pp. 27-47. (Article)
University Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Engels