Social Meanings of the North–South Divide in the Netherlands and Their Linkage to Standard Dutch and Various Dialects

Mental maps and perceptual dialectology

“…Mental mapping in particular has been the most fruitful, with numerous American studies (e.g., Benson, 2003; Blake, Coggshall, Erker, & Taylor, 2008; Bucholtz, Bermudez, Fung, Edwards, & Vargas, 2007; Cramer, 2016; Cramer, Tamasi, & Bounds, 2018; Cukor‐Avila, Jeon, Rector, Tiwari, & Shelton, 2012; Evans, 2011a, 2011b, 2013; Jones, 2015) utilizing various kinds of maps (e.g., full US maps, smaller regional maps, individual state maps) and developing methods beyond the original framework to get a sense of the regional dialects perceived at various levels. This type of approach has also been employed around the globe to describe the views of nonlinguists (e.g., Anders, 2010; Bounds, 2015; Braber, 2014; Cornips, 2018; Coupland, Williams, & Garrett, 1999; Cramer and Montgomery, 2016; Demirci & Kleiner, 1999; Diercks, 2002; Jeon, 2013; Jeon & Cukor‐Avila, 2015; Kuiper, 1999; Lameli, Purschke, & Kehrein, 2008; Long & Yim, 2002; Montgomery, 2007; Romanello, 2002), revealing the importance of place‐based context for understanding the various perceptions, ideologies, and attitudes discovered. This body of work not only emphasizes points made in earlier work on the perceptions of nonlinguists; it provides the groundwork for future work in the field.…”

The geographical psychology of recent graduates in the Netherlands: Relating enviornmental factors and personality traits to location choice

“…The Rhine and Meuse are the longest rivers in the Netherlands and divide the country into north and south (Cornips, 2018;Cornips & Knotter, 2018). In addition, previous studies find that high scorers on extraversion tend to live in more culturally diverse areas and to have larger social networks (Jokela, 2009(Jokela, , 2014.…”