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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.

New directions in the history and sociolinguistics of French (2023)
Book Chapter
Carruthers, J., McLaughlin, M., & Walsh, O. (in press). New directions in the history and sociolinguistics of French. In J. Carruthers, M. McLaughlin, & O. Walsh (Eds.), Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French (1-24). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894366.001.0001

Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns (2023)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (in press). Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns. In J. Carruthers, M. McLaughlin, & O. Walsh (Eds.), Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French (254-271). Oxford University Press (OUP)