(Counter-) evidence from the private correspondence of ‘ordinary people’: Standard German in the 19th century?

Elspass, Stephan

doi:10.1075/cilt.235.05els

In:Standardization: Studies from the Germanic languages
Edited by Andrew R. Linn and Nicola McLelland
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 235] 2002
► pp. 43–65

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Standard German in the 19th century?

(Counter-) evidence from the private correspondence of ‘ordinary people’

Stephan Elspass

Published online: 31 December 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.235.05els

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