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. xiii–xiv
Published online: 10 April 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.lof
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.54.lof
List of figures
Figure 1.1Model of prescriptivist texts (adapted from McLelland (2021a))18
Figure 2.1Model of prescriptivist texts including the corpora45
Figure 4.1Language history questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)97
(Courrier and Internautes)97
Figure 4.2Percentage of language history questions per print run (Courrier)98
Figure 4.3Meaning questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)102
(Courrier and Internautes)102
Figure 4.4Semasiology questions by topic (Courrier and Internautes)103
Figure 4.5Morpho-syntax questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)106
(Courrier and Internautes)106
Figure 4.6Spelling questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)111
(Courrier and Internautes)111
Figure 4.7Vocabulary questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)114
(Courrier and Internautes)114
Figure 4.8Phonology questions by subcategory
(Courrier and Internautes)119
(Courrier and Internautes)119
Figure 4.9Style questions by subcategory (Courrier and Internautes)124
Figure 5.1References to literature by century (Courrier questions and Courrier and
Internautes responses)146
