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MacLeod was a believer in complete linguistic unity between the Netherlands and Flanders. This is apparent from the fact that in this text he (mostly) uses the term “Dutch language” instead of “Flemish language”. Furthermore, according to him, South Africa and the Dutch colonies were part of the same linguistic area. Above all else, however, this was a mode of expression. Little more was to materialize in this period than some exchanges between Flanders and the Netherlands in the fields of language and literature – let alone between Flanders and any of the other countries mentioned.

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