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Linguistic Insecurities and Authorities: 19th- and 21st-century language commentary on French
Emma Humphries
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 54] 2025
► pp. 200–231

Chapter 7
Online language commentary from the “audience” perspective

Comment analysis (Langue sauce piquante and Bescherelle ta mère)

Article outline
  • 7.1Data samples: Bescherelle ta mère and Langue sauce piquante
  • 7.2“Error” types
  • 7.3Humour in online language commentary
  • 7.4Tropes and images: Bescherelle ta mère and Langue sauce piquante
    • 7.4.1Aesthetic judgements
    • 7.4.2Emotional and physical reactions: Suffering, pain and death
    • 7.4.3Declining standards
    • 7.4.4Comprehensibility and ‘Frenchness’
  • 7.5Conclusion
  • Notes
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