Stamets@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoYou ain't saw nothinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down114
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minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoA true descriptivist will describe the effects, prescriptivism has on language #toleranceparadox But your right, it isn’t linguistics since science is always descriptive.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago A true descriptivist will describe the effects, prescriptivism has on language #toleranceparadox Naturally. One can’t describe any real language without that, even something as “pure” as Icelandic.
A true descriptivist will describe the effects, prescriptivism has on language #toleranceparadox
But your right, it isn’t linguistics since science is always descriptive.
Naturally. One can’t describe any real language without that, even something as “pure” as Icelandic.