an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
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prescriptive linguistics::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | linguistics |
Examples of prescriptive linguistics
prescriptive linguistics
In the common shorthand, linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive.
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The shift in Finnish practised linguistics from a prescriptive to a descriptive stance seems to now assure its survival.
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