Liv Walsh
Scholar of linguistic purism who discusses language academies like the Académie Française and cultural responses to language change and anglicisms.
Best podcasts with Liv Walsh
Ranked by the Snipd community
Aug 28, 2015 • 19min
17. Fix part I
Liv Walsh, a scholar of linguistic purism, and Thomas Godard, a historian of linguistic ideas, explore attempts to 'fix' English. They trace 18th-century plans for an English academy, Latin-based grammar rules like the split infinitive myth, printing and borrowing's role in standardization, and French anxieties about anglicisms. Short, lively takes on language control versus natural change.
