volgens Dutch · revision 37349

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈvɔl.ɣə(n)s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''volgens'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The older form ''volgends'' is found from 1634 (Hooft) until 1809.^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[volgend]], the present participle of [[volgen]], with the adverbial [[-s]], and ⟨-nds⟩ was simplified to ⟨-ns⟩.^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912) Middle Dutch already used the bare participle [[m|dum|volgende]] as a preposition “in accordance with”, as in ⟨volgende desen rade⟩ “following this decision” (1340).^(EWN)^(MNW) The formation is like that of [[blijkens]], [[behoudens]] and [[nopens]].^(WNT)^(Vercoullie 1925)

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+ The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal points out that the dates do not fit the usual account, since ⟨volgens⟩ (1599) is found earlier than ⟨volgends⟩ (1634).^(WNT) Van der Sijs counts the meaning “according to” as a loan sense of French [[m|fr|suivant]], which Franck and Van Wijk compare.^(Van der Sijs 2005)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the 16th century ''volgens'' is first an adverb meaning “then, next”: in 1564 a letter is written ''ind volgens'' sealed.^(EWN) As a preposition it appears in 1570, ''volgens de requeste ende dappostille'', “in accordance with the petition and the ruling”, and in 1602 ''volgends de begeerte van de moeder'', “according to the mother's wish”.^(EWN)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense was “following on, as a consequence of”, of a decision or rule that is carried out.^(EWN)^(WNT) From the general sense “in agreement with” the preposition took on the senses “as stated by” a person or a text (''volgends haer schrijven van gisteren'', 1634) and “in the opinion of”.^(EWN)^(WNT) The phrase ''volgens dien'', “consequently”, is found in 1610.^(WNT)

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+ The preposition passed into West Frisian (''folgens''), Negerhollands and Sranan Tongo (''volgens'').^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1340 – Middle Dutch ''volgende'' used as a preposition.^(MNW)

+ * 1564 – ''Volgens'' “thereupon” as an adverb.^(EWN)

+ * 1570 – ''Volgens'' “in accordance with”.^(EWN)

+ * 1599 – The preposition, as Van der Sijs dates it.^(Van der Sijs 2001)^(WNT)

+ * 1634 – ''Volgends'' in Hooft, “as stated in”.^(WNT)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)

+ * 1809 – The last record of ''volgends''.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # In accordance with, [[m|en|according to]] a rule, plan or model: ''volgens het boekje'', by the book.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WNT)

+ # As stated by a person or source: ''volgens de krant komt er storm''.^(WNT)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # In the opinion of: ''volgens mijn zus is het te duur''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volgen]]

+ * [[volgend]]

+ * [[vervolgens]]

+ * [[fr|suivant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}