%0 Journal Article
%T Place Names and Identities: The Uses of Names of Helsinki
%A Terhi Ainiala
%J Oslo Studies in Language
%D 2012
%I University of Oslo
%X The paper discusses the use of names that are used to refer to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Three research questions are studied: Firstly, which name variants do the Helsinkians claim they use about their own home city? Secondly, how do they rationalize and explain their name use or non-use? And thirdly, in what ways do the self reported use and the spontaneous use of name variants differ from each other? The explanations for the use or non-use of specific name variants are often attached to the speaker's identity.
%U https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/osla/article/view/306