NativLang | Good Grammar, Bad Grammar - prescriptivism vs. descriptivism -- Linguistics 101 @NativLang | Uploaded 11 years ago | Updated 4 hours ago
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.

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http://nativlang.com/linguistics/prescriptivism-descriptivism.php

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Go Cart, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)