Prescription and description
In linguistics, prescription is the laying down or prescribing of normative rules for a language. A milder form of prescriptivism makes "recommendations" for good language useage. This is in contrast to the description of a language, which simply describes how that language is used in practice.
Additional resources
- Language Police at Kerim's Wiki
- The Original English Movement: The ultimate in English prescriptivism, which suggests undoing the damage done to the language by the Norman invasion.
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Examples of linguistic prescription |
| ► | A history of linguistic prescription in English |
| ► | Topics in English usage prescription |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
| ► | Additional resources |
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