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Abstract

Nimwèègs, a variety of Cleverlandish spoken in Nijmegen, has been subject to extensive sociolinguistic inquiry. Today, most remaining speakers reside in the so-called and are active in the building of a new linguistic identity with the organization of cultural events, alongside the promotion of the local football team (N.E.C.). In this study, we focus on the social motivations behind the use of Nimwèègs in this community. We conducted linguistic fieldwork and collected Frog Story narrations with 14 participants using the MPI Fieldkit. We identified 24 variables, based on previous studies (Berns 2002; van Hout 1989; van Hout, Roelofs & van Stijn 2006). We then ran a Bayesian multivariate regression model based on only 13 of these variables, to assess the interaction between these and social variables. These models indicated that certain Nimwèègs features were used more frequently if speakers were members of the Nimwèègs Movement, potential interactions between gender and language use were also found.

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Keyword(s): Bayesian multivariate regression analysis; Cleverlandish; Dutch languoids; linguistic diversity; Low Franconian; Nijmegen; Nimwèègs; sociolinguistic variation

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