English and the use of the simple past in Dutch

The global dominance of English has resulted in contact-induced change many the world’s languages. While lexical influence is perhaps most widespread and visible form change, there are indications that may also be influencing languages on a structural level. In this article, we investigate case potential verb tense system Dutch. Non-standard use simple past (instead standard present perfect) been noticed for some time, often linked to influence. Based an acceptability judgment questionnaire, show little evidence language feature apparent but judgments do depend raters’ exposure English, with higher correlating more positive judgments. This suggests through diffusion factor construction.