My main current research interests in linguistics are: the formalism of phonological representation; poetic meter and the way it travels from one tradition to the next; and language policy. Here are some of my recent papers; for a (more) complete list of publications please go to this page.
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Studying in a foreign language: Study performance and experiences of German students at a Dutch university
Paper in Language Learning in Higher Education (August 2020)
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Germanic syllable structure
Chapter for a Handbook on Germanic linguistics. (December 2017).
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Language Contact and Constructed Languages
Chapter for a Handbook on Language contact. (December 2017).
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On the Diversity of Linguistic Data and the Integration of the Language Sciences
Paper with Roberta D'Alessandro (November 2017)
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Metaphony as magnetism
Paper with Roberta D'Alessandro (October 2017)
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On silent markedness
Paper together with Edoardo Cavirani on different kinds of phonological empty positions. (February 2017).
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Dual metrics in the Tsjebbe Hettinga's poetry
Paper on the intriguing metrics of probably the most famous Frisian poet ever. (February 2017).
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The head in poetic metrics
Paper on what phonology and poetry can see from each other (January 2017).
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Van Oostendorp, M. (2015). Parameters in phonological analysis: stress. In A. Fabregas, J. Mateu, & M. Putnam (Eds.), Contemporary Linguistic Parameters. (pp. 234-258). (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics). London: Bloomsbury.