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Linguistic Landscaping in Bookshops (5) – Slovenian

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Ingrid Tieken

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 →

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Linguistic Girl Power

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Carmen Ebner

We have dealt with numerous language issues such as the oddly misplaced apostrophe, the dangling participle and the new “like” on our blog, but what interests me in particular are the social factors that may or may not pull the strings behind the scene. … Continue reading →

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A never-ending story

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Carmen Ebner

Are ‘grammar Nazis’ ruining the English language? This is a question you might have already asked yourself as a reader of this blog. Now the question has been posed to Geoffrey Pullum, Professor of General Linguistics at the University of … Continue reading →

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