Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec
(2023)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O., & Humphries, E. (2023). Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec. In The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism (427-446). Routledge
This chapter considers prescriptivism in the French language from a comparative perspective, focusing on a particular type of metalinguistic text, namely texts providing “language advice”. It provides a discussion of prescriptivism in general, outlin... Read More about Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec.