Meaning of prescriptionist | Babel Free

Definitions

Relying on historical precedent rather than current usage (to determine rights or correctness).

Examples

“Much of the disagreement between the prescriptionist and descriptionist views turns on the question of compensation among generations.”

“Educators often come into the profession with a certain view of language that is more prescriptionist in nature (Edwards, 1982; Taylor, 1983; Trudgill, 1975; Williams, 1976).”

“Teaching the English language may be their bread and butter, but they are unable to enforce the notion of a 'standard prescriptionist English.'”

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