Chicago no-ibid. comma

HansHerik · June 9, 2016

I use Chicago no-ibid. However in Englisch comma's are like: 'house'
But in Dutch it is "huis". This however is old-fashioned. Ik would like to have the same comma's as in Englisch: 'huis'. Is this possible?

Rintze · June 9, 2016

This however is old-fashioned.

Do you know of any Dutch style guides that discuss whether single or double quotes should be used? If there is consensus that single quotes are more popular, we can change this for all Dutch styles.

https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/advies/enkele-aanhalingstekens and https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/advies/aanhalingstekens-dubbele-aanhalingstekens seem to indeed suggest that single quotes might be better.

HansHerik · June 9, 2016

In several (the most?) guides for citations (eg. VU-University) single quotes are preferred (=required)for book sections or journal articles. Titles of books are in italics.

See further: http://specials.han.nl/themasites/studiecentra/verwerken-en-delen/bronnen-vermelden/apa-normen-citeren-en-par/
AND www.geschiedenisdocent.nl/.../richtlijnen_voor_historisch_onderzoek%5B1%5D.doc

Rintze · June 9, 2016

Can you fix the second link?

The han.nl link seems to use double quotes, though, e.g.:

("Sociale media", 2014).

(at http://specials.han.nl/themasites/studiecentra/verwerken-en-delen/bronnen-vermelden/apa-normen/)

Rintze · June 9, 2016

And coming back to your original question: yes, it's possible to create a custom style that uses single quotation marks instead of double ones for Dutch. You would have to redefine the quotation mark terms, e.g. by adding the following code block to the style:


  <locale xml:lang="nl">
    <terms>
      <term name="open-quote">‘</term>
      <term name="close-quote">’</term>
      <term name="open-inner-quote">“</term>
      <term name="close-inner-quote">”</term>
    </terms>
  </locale>

HansHerik · June 23, 2016

Thanks for your Input!
As for the single or double quotes, there seem to be different opinions!

Thanks for answering!

Hans