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Jacqueline Billiez et al., « L'orthographe en questions au 3615 ORTHOTEL ou « Est-ce que le participe passé dans les gâteaux sont fai- s'accorde ? », Langue française, ID : 10.3406/lfr.1999.6307
Jacqueline Bllliez, Vincent Lucci, Agnès Millet. L'orthographe en questions au 3615 ORTHOTEL ou « Est-ce que le participe passé dans les gâteaux sont fai- s'accorde ? » This study analyses a corpus of 1 000 questions addressed to the ORTHOTEL service between January and August 1995. Accessible via the Minitel, this service provides assistance in helping ordinary writers resolve their spelling difficulties. The analysis yields two major results : on the one hand it shows accrued interest in grammatical markers and in particular those of the plural. It also allows for the description of highly differentiated normative attitudes linked in interpretation to real or supposed competencies. The observation of these questions which precede the act of writing suggest furthermore that the areas of spelling insecurity are not necessarily directly related to social distinction.