Dutch: An Essential Grammar [8 ed.] 0415235022, 9780415235020, 0415235014, 9780415235013, 9780203428214

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First published 1958 by Wolters-Noordhoff. Second edition 1961, third edition 1967, fourth edition 1974, fifth edition 1984, sixth edition 1988, and seventh edition 1993. Republished

1994 by Routledge

Eighth edition published 2002 by Routledge II New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Preface Acknowledgments

Reprinted 2004

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by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group @ 2002 William

Z. Shetter,

Inge Van der Cruysse-Van

The Dutch language

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Pronunciation

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Antwerpen

Designed and typeset in Sabon and Gill by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International

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Front, back, front-rounded vowels High and low vowels The diphthongs The consonants Assimilation Stress

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British LibraryCataloguingin PublicationData A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of CongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Shetter, William Z. Dutch: an essential grammar/William

Z. Shetter and

Inge Van der Cruysse-Van Antwerpen. p. em. - (Essential grammars) Includes index. I. Dutch language--Grammar. 2. Dutch language--Textbooks for foreign speakers-English. I. Van der Cruysse-Van Antwerpen, Inge. II. Title. PF I 12.S5 2002 2001048456 439.31'82421-dc21 ISBN 0-415-23502-2 0-415-23501-4 ~~.

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