Language Use and Language Contact in Brussels

Abstract

Brussels occupies a very special position on the Linguistic Frontier, because the 19 communities that form Brussels-Capital are an autonomous region within the Federal State of Belgium. The article first gives a short overview of the historical development of various aspects of the situation of the Region, as these are essential for an understanding of the institutional and constitutional framework within which Brussels functions currently. The main focus of the article is on knowledge and use of the varieties of French and Dutch in Brussels-Capital, and on the educational system, which received a lot of attention in recent research. Finally, some attention is given to attitudes towards the languages and language varieties and to linguistic aspects of language contact.

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