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. 261–262
Index
Published online: 10 April 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.index
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.index
A
- Abbé Grégoire24
- abbreviations 96, 113, 183
- Académie française 23, 28, 31–32, 40, 62, 67–69, 76–77, 116–117, 127, 136–137, 139, 141–143, 147, 149, 173–174, 175, 176–178, 226
- Accademia della Crusca31
- acceptance 9–10, 24
- accessibility 17–18
- age226
- Alliance française38
- analogy 33, 112, 167–172
- anglicisms (see also borrowings) 28, 115–118, 121, 127, 143–144, 163, 187, 193–194, 238
- anomaly 33, 167–172
- archaisms 96, 113, 206, 212
- argot 192–193
- army 20, 25, 58, 59, 75
- articles 94, 95, 105
- aspirated “h” 96, 119, 122–123, 128, 234
- authority 16–19, 29, 32, 45, 51, 81–82, 129–165, 224, 234–235
B
- baccalauréat 24, 64, 222–223
- “bad” data 46–47
- barbarism 150–151, 152–153, 163, 165, 234
- Bellay, J. du 21, 190
- Bescherelle 25, 43, 80, 139, 141
- bon usage 22, 63, 136–137 174–177, 180
- borrowings (see also anglicisms) 28, 94, 96, 113, 115–118, 121, 127, 162–163, 173, 185, 193–194
- Bouhours, D. 22, 140–141
- brevet24
C
- Callières, F. de23
- CAPES 222, 223
- capitalisation 96, 110, 193–194
- codex 11, 140, 237
- codification 9–10, 20–21, 28, 174
- Collège de France 58, 59
- Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie 28, 32
- comparative linguistics 26, 89–90, 233
- computer-mediated communication 48–49, 201–202, 207, 213, 221, 230
- consonants 96, 119, 120
- corrective dictionaries 25, 138
D
- deontics 157–161
- derivational morphology 95, 105, 167–168, 169–170
- Desgrouais, J.24
- diacritics 96, 110, 175, 208
- dialect levelling 12, 118–119
- dialect loss 12, 119
- dialectology 26–27
- dialogic texts 2, 17, 23, 233, 234, 235–237
- dictation24
- dictionaries 16, 18, 21, 25–26, 29, 32, 45, 99, 100, 101, 102, 110, 132, 138–143, 177–178, 192
- Direction de la langue française71
- discrimination 12–13
- dissemination 9–10, 24, 50
- Domergue, F.-U. 25, 38
- Dubois, J.21
- Dupleix, S. 175, 190, 197
E
- Edmont, E.26
- education 24–25, 28, 56, 58–59, 61–63, 64, 73–74, 82, 135, 206, 221–225
- elaboration 9–10, 20–21
- email 17, 125
- emoji 48, 212–214, 216, 219, 220
- Estienne, H. 115, 185
- etymology 90, 91, 97–101, 127, 175, 176, 181–183
- expletive “ne” 106–107, 128, 157, 217
- extreme imagery 196, 202, 216, 219–221, 230, 236
F
- Facebook 43, 46, 48, 49–50, 83, 203, 212, 213
- feminisation of job titles28
- FranceTerme 143–144
- Franco-Prussian War 25, 75
- French Revolution 24, 27
- Front National118
G
- genealogy 187, 193
- genius of language33–34
- Gilliéron, J.26
- golden age 34, 144–145, 181, 223, 230, 235
- grammars 16–17, 21, 22, 29, 138, 141, 233
- grammatical gender 28, 113, 114, 126, 173, 191–192, 195
- Greek 21, 33, 61, 64, 90, 167
H
- health 22, 33, 34, 187–190, 221
- Hermant, A. 151, 152
- historical linguistics 26, 53, 89–90, 233
- historical sociolinguistics 46–47
- Houdart, O. 42, 77
- hypercorrection 171–172
I
- idioms 27, 95, 98, 99, 102, 113
- immigration 118, 229, 233
- inflectional morphology 93, 94, 95, 105, 167
- influence 16–18
- intelligence 222, 225–226, 227, 238
- internet 2, 17, 28–30, 36, 48, 51, 102, 141, 201, 231
J
- je ne sache pas que 56, 107–108, 128, 153, 163, 234
- Johanet, E.37
- Journal de la langue françoise soit exacte, soit ornée 25, 38, 63
L
- La Fontaine, J. de145
- language columns 27, 29, 82, 128, 151–152, 153, 195
- Latin 20–22, 61–62, 64, 66, 90, 107–108, 197
- Le Monde 42, 77–78, 205
- liaisons 96, 119–122
- linguistic exchange38
- linguistic insecurity 12, 28, 61, 68–69, 109–110
- linguistic landscape204
- literacy 25, 75, 222, 227
- Littré, É. 26, 55, 90, 111, 138–141, 143, 151–152, 153, 154, 159, 164, 175
- logic 33, 167, 171, 172–174
- Loi Toubon 16, 116
- L’ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts21
M
- Madame de Sévigné 147, 149
- Martin, É. 37, 52–53
- media 16, 42, 59, 74, 104–105, 132–134, 196, 205, 221, 235
- Meigret, L.190
- Meyer, P. 26, 58
- misanalysis 208, 210, 215
- modesty 60–61, 140, 150
- Molière 34, 145, 148
N
- Napoléon, L. 26–27
- nationalism 118, 190, 193, 229
- Neogrammarians 26, 33
- neologisms 96, 113, 212
- Nicot, J. 21–22
O
- Office québécois de la langue française 71, 108, 138
- oignon 143, 168
- onomasiology 94, 95, 101, 104
P
- Palsgrave, J.21
- Paris, G. 26, 58
- patois162
- personification 34, 167, 186, 187, 198
- pleonasm 96, 123–125, 152–153, 188
- politeness 96, 123–124, 125
- Port-Royal grammar22
- Pouliquen, Y. 40, 41, 69
- prescriptions 9, 12, 14
- prestige 9, 12, 20–21, 164
- pronouns 95, 105, 106, 156, 160–163, 198, 228
- punctuation 48, 96, 110, 208, 212, 229
Q
- Quebec French 108–109, 138, 144, 161, 178
R
- reach 16–18, 44–45
- Real Academia Española31
- regional languages 27, 28, 175
- register 96, 123–125, 148, 155–156, 192
- remarks 3, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 139, 151, 190, 232–233
- Revue grammaticale38
- Rivarol, A. de 23, 33, 172
- Rousseau, M. 42, 77
S
- Sand, G. 148–149
- se suicider 89, 152–153, 163, 189, 191, 234
- selection 9, 20
- semantic scope 95, 101
- semasiology 93, 95, 101–103
- silent morphology 208, 209–210, 215
- sociolinguistic model 155–156, 164, 236
- solecism 150, 151–152, 163
- spelling reform 28, 34, 113, 143, 226, 232
- spoken language 10, 118–119
- students 73, 74, 138
- synonyms 58, 93, 94, 95, 101
- syntax 95, 105, 106–109, 172, 184
- Szewczyk, S. 30, 80–81
T
- teachers 16, 25, 38, 59, 74, 135, 150, 211, 224–225, 230, 235
- tics 188–189, 197, 221
- Twitter 4, 18–19, 34, 43, 48, 80, 117, 212, 213
- typographical errors 201, 207, 208, 217
U
- Uniformitarian Principle46
V
- valency 94, 95, 105
- Vannier, P. 68, 71, 74, 201
- Vaugelas, C. F. de 22, 23, 24, 38, 63, 122, 167, 175, 184, 187, 194, 197, 212
- Voltaire 147, 157, 168, 175, 182, 232
- vowels 96, 119, 120
W
- Wapy, J. de 22, 190
- Wey, F. 26, 153
- word class 96, 113
