Linguistic encounters in real world prescriptivism: acknowledging its place and role

• Dallin D. Oaks ^[1]
  1. [1] Brigham Young University

     Brigham Young University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Lingua: International review of general linguistics, ISSN 0024-3841, Nº 264, 2021
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Many linguists regard the prospect of any linguistic prescriptivism as inconsistent with the kind of objectivity they believe should be maintained in their academic field. This general stance against prescriptivism, however, ignores the practical and appropriate use, as well as potential use, of some linguistic prescriptivism in a variety of applied linguistic disciplines. This paper argues that linguists should more readily recognize and acknowledge the place and role of measured prescriptivism in linguistic applications.