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Author Archives: Ingrid Tieken
Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (3)
I had to be in Leiden for a social event this week, so decided to go a little earlier and visit as many of the bookshops in the city centre as I could manage. Three of them this time, all … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (2)
So far, I’ve got data from four bookshops, one in the UK (Foyles – London), two in The Netherlands (De Vries van Stockum – The Hague; Boekhandel Broekhuis – Almelo) and one in Germany (Dussmann – Berlin). On the start … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops
Time for a new project! But this is one I can’t do on my own, so here comes a crowd sourcing request! Do we find usage guides on display in bookshops? Or other types of books that deal with language … Continue reading
New feature by Matjaž Zgonc
Occasisonally, we publish contributions on topics of general prescriptive interest. I’m happy to announce our latest item, called “Legal Prescriptivism in Slovenia: a case of ipse dixit quantifier scope narrowing which helped sex offenders avoid prison time” which has been posted … Continue reading
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Just out: this semester’s last Language Law and Order podcast
Great news: one more of our podcasts in the Language Law and Order series is out, as the last one before the summer. This time, we’re interviewing Hielke Vriesendorp on his research in Inclusive Dutch: Between Norm and Variation. Have … Continue reading
Latest podcast: Prescriptivism in Schools
Just this weekend, the fourth podcast in our series Language Law & Order was made available for all those (and others) interested in the subject of prescriptivism and how it pervades our daily lives. This time, we interviewed Ian Cushing … Continue reading
Your wrong!
We occasionally publish so-called features on this blog, and today, we’re happy to announce Emma Humphries’ call for “examples of prescriptivism in any form of popular culture and in any language”. Read more about her exciting project here, and don’t … Continue reading
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Yesterday, we recorded the second session of our new podcast Language Law and Order. It will be published within the next few days. But if you wish to be informed of any new episodes. you may subscribe to the podcast, … Continue reading
New podcast: Language Law and Order
Launched today, a new podcast by Linda Pillière, Morana Lukač and Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. Interested in prescriptivism and all it entails? Have a listen, and let us know what you think! There’ll be much more to come.
How literally should we take Dutch “letterlijk”?
The non-literal use of literally is a well-known usage problem in English, and has been discussed several times on this blog. A comparable discussion for Dutch once again hit the news, so it seems that the issue is ready to … Continue reading
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