LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.01.13 (04) [E]

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From: Frank Verhoft <frank.verhoft at skynet.be>
Subject:  Help needed

Hi all

I'm highly intrigued by a book called "dictionnaire français-flamand"
published in 1587, apparently in Amsterdam: the word "flamand" in
combination with the location and the date.

In short: why the word "flamand" then and there??

Some thoughts that popped up in my mind, but i can't figure it out at all:
1. If i'm not wrong, most publishing houses at that time already progressed
international (or interregional if you want) orders, so i'm not sure at all
if it was meant for the local book market, given point 2.
2. 1585 marks the Fall of Antwerp, which stimulated the already ongoing
exodus of Antwerpian protestants to Amsterdam (and many other cities).
Nevertheless, it would highly surprise me that they would call their
language "Flemish", or "Vlaams", or an equivalent of it. I thought they'd
rather use d-words as "Duuts", "Duytsch", "Nederduytsch", etc.
3. I have the feeling that this might be crucial, though it's just a very
wild guess: what was the exact meaning of French "flamand" at that time?
Could it be that "flamand" denoted at that time any Dutch (D-word) variant,
and that it got replaced by "néerlandais" later?

Any help is highly appreciated, as always!

Regards,

Frank

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