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Kristiansen, Tore – Language Awareness, 2001
Argues that young Danes are changing the notion of standard Danish. Data gathered in the Danish town of Naestved indicated standard Danish is moving in the direction of low Copenhagen speech. Suggests that young Danes operate with two standards when it comes to language: one for school where excellence is perceived in terms of superiority; and one…
Descriptors: Danish, Foreign Countries, Language Standardization, Language Usage