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Author Archives: Ingrid Tieken
On whom/who in a Richard Osman novel again
Perhaps my favourite St Nicholas present this year (ok, I also got the latest Asterix and Obelix comic, as well as the first ever Jane Austen graphic novel and lovely house socks, so hard to choose actually) was Richard Osman’s … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (6)
Thank you, Joan Beal, for responding to my call for pictures of works on language in bookshops! Bascially, the question is to see whether usage guides are displayed at all, as somethimes they are, and often enough not. This picture … Continue reading
“Een boek vol taalfouten” – an excellent usage guide for Dutch
Looking for Dutch usage guides in the context of the Bridging the Unbridgeable project has not been easy or productive. Asking around didn’t produce any titles, nor did I come across any in bookshops which I visited regularly across the … Continue reading
New “History of the English Language” published!
Congratulations, Joan Beal (editor) and Raymond Hickey (general editor)! A major new publication, up to date and with a large array of topics by established scholars on the history of the English language. This is Volume III, which consists of … Continue reading
Garner on Fowler
Next year is a Fowler year. The Fowler year, when we will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of his Modern English Usage. We’re definitely looking forward to it! Anticipating 2026 in this light, Bryan Garner, author of OUP’s well-known Garner’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Garner, fowler, prescriptivism, usage guides
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Fowler narratives?
Next year, 2026, will be a Fowler year, just like this year is a Jane Austen year. In Henry Fowler‘s case, 100 years after the publication of his phenomenal Modern English Usage. So I’m looking for Fowler narratives, stories about … Continue reading
Posted in announcement, events, usage guide
Tagged fowler, Modern English Usage, prescriptivism
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Who uses Fowler?
For a presentation next week, I’d like to have some preliminary data about my research question in the heading of this post. Do you use Fowler’s Modern English Usage? So here come some specific questions: If you use Fower, what … Continue reading
Prescriptivism in a Dutch news item
Last night on the 8 o’clock news: a new gadget was introduced that warned users if a stalker would come too close. A woman was interviewed anonymously about the advantages of wearing such a gadget, saying how happy she was … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch prescriptivism, usage features
Tagged dialect, Dutch grammar, hun/zij, prescriptivism, subject hun
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Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (5) – Slovenian
My request for information and images of how bookshops in other cities than the ones I frequent promote prescriptivism, and in particular usage guides, has met with a response! Thank you, Matjaž Zgonc, for your pictures of the linguistics section … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (4)
It occurred to me that what I’m doing with this project is similar to what Yorick van Norden did for his book The Platenkast van Paul McCartney (“Paul McCartney’s record collection”) which came out earlier this year. Except that my … Continue reading
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