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Frank van Meurs

Assistant Professor in Communication and Information Sciences
Verified email at let.ru.nl
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English in Dutch commercials: Not understood and not appreciated

…, H Korzilius, F Van Meurs… - Journal of …, 2000 - journalofadvertisingresearch.com
Advertising agencies are increasingly using English in Dutch commercials because of financial
and image reasons. This paper investigates how often commercials that contain English …

English in product advertisements in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain

…, C Nickerson, A Van Hooft, F Van Meurs… - World …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on a quantitative investigation into the occurrence of English in product
advertisements in Dutch‐speaking Belgium, French‐speaking Belgium, France, Germany, the …

English or a local language in advertising? The appreciation of easy and difficult English slogans in the Netherlands

J Hornikx, F Van Meurs… - The Journal of Business …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Studies have demonstrated frequent use of English in international advertising, but little is
known about people’s preference for English versus local languages. This article empirically …

English in product advertisements in non-English-speaking countries in Western Europe: Product image and comprehension of the text

…, C Nickerson, A Van Hooft, F Van Meurs… - Journal of Global …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Although English has been shown to be the most frequently used foreign language in product
advertisements in countries where it is not the native language, little is known about its …

Spectral and structural studies of iron (III), cobalt (II, III) and nickel (II) complexes of 2-pyridineformamide N (4)-methylthiosemicarbazone

…, S Hernández-Ortega, AK El-Sawaf, F van Meurs… - Polyhedron, 1999 - Elsevier
Reduction of 2-cyanopyridine by sodium in dry methanol in the presence of N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazide
produces 2-pyridineformamide N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone, HAm4M. …

The effectiveness of foreign-language display in advertising for congruent versus incongruent products

J Hornikx, F van Meurs, RJ Hof - Journal of International Consumer …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Advertising often confronts consumers with foreign languages, such as German or French in
the US, but little is known about the circumstances under which this is effective. The …

An empirical study of readers' associations with multilingual advertising: The case of French, German and Spanish in Dutch advertising

J Hornikx, F Van Meurs, M Starren - Journal of Multilingual and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In multilingual advertising, a foreign language is often used for symbolic purposes. In non-French-speaking
countries, for instance, French is said to be associated with charm and style. …

The evaluation of lecturers' nonnative-accented English: Dutch and German students' evaluations of different degrees of Dutch-accented and German-accented …

B Hendriks, F van Meurs, AK Reimer - Journal of English for Academic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The increase in non-native English (NNE) instructors involved in English-medium instruction
(EMI) in higher education has led to growing concerns about the evaluation of lecturers' …

The effects of the use of English in Polish product advertisements: Implications for English for business purposes

B Planken, F Van Meurs, A Radlinska - English for Specific Purposes, 2010 - Elsevier
English has come to be widely used for the specific purpose of advertising to reach international
target groups in various countries. However, few studies to date have investigated the …

Foreign languages in advertising as implicit country-of-origin cues: Mechanism, associations, and effectiveness

J Hornikx, F van Meurs - Journal of International Consumer …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Brands can position themselves as belonging to a foreign culture by using foreign languages
(FLs) in advertising. FLs in ads have been suggested to be implicit country-of-origin (COO) …