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Nordlund, Taru. 2007. Double diglossia – lower class writing in 19th-century Finland. Multilingua 26 (2-3) : 229–246.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

business letter | historical linguistics | social status | standard1 vs. dialect2 | writing

Language as a subject

Finnish, Old

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This article, which explores a series of typical characteristics of Finnish lower-class writing in the 19th century, argues that it was the lower-class writers' intention to use a standard language, not a dialect.