Good Grammar Bad Grammar prescriptivism vs descriptivism Linguistics 101
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What's the right way to use language? What is proper grammar? Let's explore prescriptive, descriptive and theoretical approaches to language. • Key ideas, rough definitions: • Prescriptivism dictates how you ought to do something (like speak a language). • Descriptivism captures how you actually do something. • Theory successfully models, explains, predicts something. • To continue learning about language, subscribe or visit www.nativlang.com. • Text version of this topic: • http://nativlang.com/linguistics/pres... • Music: • Go Cart, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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