But since prescriptivism is not for whatever reason acceptable, how can you do that?. From Wordnik.com. [More on Critique] Reference
It asserts that prescriptivism is there, and that it is of dubious worth and demonstrable detriment. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
A very large chunk of prescriptivism is indeed based on acceptance of language judgments that you encounter early in life. From Wordnik.com. [Accept the invite « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I consider this, and other such reactions, hard evidence that prejudicial prescriptivism is pressured for by prejudiced audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The psychology of prescriptivism is likely very similar to the psychology of racism or spiritualism or conservatism/progressivism. From Wordnik.com. [Accept the invite « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The prescriptivism is clear. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
But I think there is room for a kind of prescriptivism that EV and SV haven’t really allowed for. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Descriptivism and What Words Mean:] Reference
Stanching staunch prescriptivism « Motivated Grammar. From Wordnik.com. [Stanching staunch prescriptivism « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Instead the model explicitly includes prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
But what I see as uncritical, you call prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [There's No Prescribing Prescriptivism] Reference
In what sense does this indicate prescriptivism however?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Three cheers for singular they, AAVE, and anti-prescriptivism!!. From Wordnik.com. [Going to the kids with singular “they” « Motivated Grammar] Reference
This is one simple nuts-and-bolts way of parsing a review for prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Anyway, with prescriptivism, on the other hand, I have no sympathy whatsoever. From Wordnik.com. [Ethics and Enthusiasm] Reference
Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism: War is over (if you want it) « Sentence first. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar] Reference
"Their" results in the most natural sentence structure, prescriptivism be damned. From Wordnik.com. [One Story] Reference
On the other hand, it is hard to see that such prescriptivism is "often" a problem. From Wordnik.com. [More on Critique] Reference
So prescriptivism of some sort could be thought of as analogous to conservationism. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar] Reference
My sense is that prescriptivism is far more often condemnatory than it is celebratory. From Wordnik.com. [More on Critique] Reference
Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism: War is over (if you want it) « Sentence first says. From Wordnik.com. [In praise of a reference book: MWDEU] Reference
So prescriptivism of some sort could be thought of as analogous to conservationism. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar] Reference
So this much of prescriptivism fits with the sort of internalism that Hare's arguments support. From Wordnik.com. [Boys in White Suits] Reference
I.e., they see prescriptivism as bad science, when at its best it is in fact a useful minor art. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I highly recommend reading both columns and freeing yourself from the shackles of prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [Jan Freeman hits nails on their heads « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I love Motivated Grammar; it keeps my prescriptivism in check, and so is very helpful for my blog. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar] Reference
But it is a type of prescriptivism — just not the brain-dead, dictatorial type you (and I) deplore. From Wordnik.com. [None is, none are: Grammar according to Clarkson « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I would assert that prescriptivism in such instances is not just born of but is also pandering to prejudice. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Of course, it was he who was wrong, but his edict has stuck around at the edges of prescriptivism ever since. From Wordnik.com. [2010 March « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The torrent of complaint letters to companies would be, too — it might be prescriptivism as performance art. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Some prescriptivists at this point turn to a general defense of prescriptivism, and of the importance of rules. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Trouble with Some Prescriptivist Claims:] Reference
And yet, again, I stress, all the above is a descriptive model of the adverse effects of prescriptivism as I see it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
But ultimately it's about a prescriptivism that's neither tone nor content, I think, but ... to do with social dynamics. From Wordnik.com. [More on Critique] Reference
Or was someone indicating in a subtle way that descriptivism is replacing prescriptivism in the “On Language” column?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine] Reference
But I do want to take issue with your claim that the very existence of descriptivist authorities undermines prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Trouble with Some Prescriptivist Claims:] Reference
For this sort of nonsense caused by misplaced grammatical prescriptivism, the Language Log linguistics blog might be of interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Trying Too Hard? [UPDATE: Or Maybe Just Making a One-Off Mistake]] Reference
But my primary reason for commenting on this entry was the struggle you face as a linguist over prescriptivism vs. descriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [Descriptive or prescriptive? | Linguism] Reference
Any common usage is “right” or at least not “wrong” in the sense that it is common; that is no argument against prescriptivism. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Trouble with Some Prescriptivist Claims:] Reference
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