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Introduction: in the shadow of the standard. Standard language ideology and attitudes towards ‘non-standard’ varieties and usages (2021)
Journal Article
Walsh, O. (2021). Introduction: in the shadow of the standard. Standard language ideology and attitudes towards ‘non-standard’ varieties and usages. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(9), 773-782. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1813146

This special issue provides new perspectives on how standard language ideology (SLI) informs and influences attitudes towards ‘non-standard’ language varieties. Standard languages are commonly viewed as uniform, minimally varying (homogeneous) forms... Read More about Introduction: in the shadow of the standard. Standard language ideology and attitudes towards ‘non-standard’ varieties and usages.

Women in the history of linguistics: edited by Ayres-Bennett, Wendy and Helena Sanson, Oxford,Oxford University Press, 2020, 672 pp., US$ 145.00/GBP 110.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780198754954 (2021)
Journal Article
Walsh, O. (2022). Women in the history of linguistics: edited by Ayres-Bennett, Wendy and Helena Sanson, Oxford,Oxford University Press, 2020, 672 pp., US$ 145.00/GBP 110.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780198754954. Language and History, 65(1), 82-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597536.2021.1958278

The French language: monocentric or pluricentric? Standard language ideology and attitudes towards the French language in twentieth-century language columns in Quebec (2020)
Journal Article
Walsh, O. (2021). The French language: monocentric or pluricentric? Standard language ideology and attitudes towards the French language in twentieth-century language columns in Quebec. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(9), 869-881. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1839085

Quebec has a tradition of language columns, articles discussing questions related to the French language produced by a single author and published regularly in the periodical press. This study examines the content and discourse of a sample of these l... Read More about The French language: monocentric or pluricentric? Standard language ideology and attitudes towards the French language in twentieth-century language columns in Quebec.

Invisibilising Austrian German: on the effect of linguistic prescriptions and educational reforms on writing practices in 18th-century Austria (2019)
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Walsh, O. (2019). Invisibilising Austrian German: on the effect of linguistic prescriptions and educational reforms on writing practices in 18th-century Austria. Language and History, 62(1), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597536.2018.1554399

Les Chroniques de langage and the development of linguistic purism in Québec (2016)
Journal Article
Walsh, O. (2016). Les Chroniques de langage and the development of linguistic purism in Québec. Nottingham French Studies, 55(2), 132-157. https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0145

The second half of the twentieth century has seen the emergence in Québec of a number of societies for the protection or promotion of the French language. Since the 1990s, new societies have increasingly been established online, with older ones also... Read More about Les Chroniques de langage and the development of linguistic purism in Québec.

‘Les anglicismes polluent la langue française’. Purist attitudes in France and Quebec (2013)
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Walsh, O. (2014). ‘Les anglicismes polluent la langue française’. Purist attitudes in France and Quebec. Journal of French Language Studies, 24(3), 423-449. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959269513000227

It is often claimed that France is a particularly purist country; the Acad´emie franc¸aise is seen to be representative of a purist outlook and popular works such as ´Etiemble’s attack on English influence Parlez vous franglais? (´Etiemble, 1964) hav... Read More about ‘Les anglicismes polluent la langue française’. Purist attitudes in France and Quebec.