dataset relating to "Dutch prescriptivism in a historical-sociolinguistic perspective"

These datasets accompanies the book chapter: "Dutch prescriptivism in a historical-sociolinguistic perspective. Measuring the effect of institutionalized prescriptivism", in the Routledge handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism (2023, Eds: Joan C. Beal, Morana Lukač, Robin Straaijer). The datasets cover two linguistic features in Dutch: The spelling of long /a/ in closed syllables The spelling of final /t/ in d-stem verbs The data span the Northern and Southern Netherlands (1550–1850). For each feature, the datasets include: Normative data: Explicit and implicit prescriptions, along with metadata on the corresponding grammarians. Usage data: Observations from the Historical Corpus of Dutch.