Marking the sources of knowledge, asserting the epistemic stance ; Evidential strategies in Deharveng’s Franco‑Belgian language column Récréation philologique et grammaticale (1922–1928)

Abstract At the beginning of the 20th century, the Jesuit priest Joseph Deharveng (1867–1929) was one of the main representatives of a language correction movement based essentially on the standard Parisian model of French. Deharveng’s goal was to clear the practices of French-speaking Belgians of everything which seemed to deviate from this supposed ‘good usage’ of French. Under the evocative title Corrigeons-nous! , Deharveng published six anthologies from 1922 to 1928 reproducing the articles published in his language column “Récréation philologique et grammaticale” in the Brussels newspape... Mehr ...