Prescriptivism
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 1:33PM
Viewing, measuring, and explaining language as it is prescribed by grammarians and language rule makers (dictionary publishers, editors, grammar book writers, government language council members, and others) of the time, and without regard to how the language may or may not be actually spoken and written by many speakers of the same period. (sociolinguistics)
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