In:Linguistic Insecurities and Authorities: 19th- and 21st-century language commentary on French
Emma Humphries
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 54] 2025
► pp. 8–19
Chapter 1Studying language attitudes and ideologies
Published online: 10 April 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.c1
Article outline
- 1.1Standard languages and standardisation
- 1.2Standard language ideology, prescriptivism and purism
- 1.2.1Standard language ideology
- 1.2.2Prescriptivism and descriptivism
- 1.2.3Purism
- 1.2.4Summary of concepts
- 1.3Approaches to the study of prescriptivism
- 1.4Conclusion
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