Prescriptivists versus Descriptivists in Language

Description written by prescription experts and languages ​​In today's society there are two philosophical views that are enemies and are constantly fighting them. These two views come from prescribers and explanations. The prescriber believes that this language should be written in a way that follows a set of rules deemed prestigious. Descriptive words believe words to be expressed using grammar.

People living in language-related occupations are often divided into two camps, and McNeil calls it prescription and explanatory. Language teachers, editors, and others are working in English that they believe are correct, and they may take a prescription position. The linguists and social workers who saw in the first episode are not interested in how to use languages ​​but are interested in how to use the actual language, so they can be regarded as descriptive. New York magazine play critic John Simon and Oxford English dictionary editor Jessie Shay Drawer show that they are against the language controversy. Which of the two are prescribers and how do you judge which is descriptive? In general, do you prefer prescription or explanation? When keeping seeing this series, remember this dichotomy and think about the camp to which everyone belongs.

The discussion here is a discussion between regulators and descriptive ones. We all know. For linguists, it is meaningful to describe the language used, just as anthropologists carefully observe the human population while avoiding moral decisions. This does not mean that all lifestyles are equally satisfying. Again, I do not think all English usage is equal. Yes, as I said at the beginning I participated firmly in regulatory camps, and that sometimes I think that James Burke told me many years ago that Martianus Capella, as I taught on the day of cosmological change I let people sympathize with people like. In that way, he can save everything by classical learning, hoping that they gather and knowledge will survive over the collapse of civilization witnessed at the end of the West Roman Empire. But maybe this is just my drama