fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoLinguistic Perscriptivistsmander.xyzimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoThey don’t. Language requires intelligent design from intelligent people sometimes. When needed, prescriptivists in legion can make a literate civilization out of illiterate primitives. The asinine and the arcane can both make learning unnecessarily difficult.
minus-squareprzemek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoPrescriptivism is good for language learning, but not for linguistics
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI knew after the first FOUR WORDS of your comment that you don’t know what you’re talking about. Language literally evolves organically, constantly.
minus-squarebeejboytyson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThey don’t know we’re in the 4th iteration of English.
They don’t.
Language requires intelligent design from intelligent people sometimes. When needed, prescriptivists in legion can make a literate civilization out of illiterate primitives.
The asinine and the arcane can both make learning unnecessarily difficult.
Prescriptivism is good for language learning, but not for linguistics
I knew after the first FOUR WORDS of your comment that you don’t know what you’re talking about. Language literally evolves organically, constantly.
They don’t know we’re in the 4th iteration of English.