Eline Lismont

Eline Lismont is currently preparing a doctoral dissertation in the field of historical sociolinguistics, investigating the influence of prescriptivism on language use in Early and Late Modern Dutch (1550-1850). Her research project is funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), and is carried out as a joint PhD between the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rik Vosters) and Leiden University (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gijsbert Rutten). 

Selected publications

• Lismont, E., Rutten, G., & Vosters, R. (2023). Dutch prescriptivism in a historical-sociolinguistic perspective. In J. Beal, M. Lukac & R. Straaijer (Red.), The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism. London/New York: Routledge.