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Meaning of pulis-wika | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
puˌlis ˈwikaʔ

Definitions

grammar cop; grammar police; prescriptivist

neologism

Examples

“Frens, #TanggolWika ha, hindi #PulisWika. Tigil tigilan niyo yang ng vs nang na yan, di niyo kinagaganda yan.”

Friends, be a #LanguagePreservator, not a #LanguagePrescriptivist. Stop with those ng vs nang stuff, you don't get beautiful doing stuff like that.

“6. Dapat maging matalas ang mga seryosong iskolar ng wika. Kapag nagbago ng paraan ng pagsulat o pagbigkas ang maygamit ng wika, dapat nating usisain ang mga dahilan ng gayong pagbabago. Huwag natin itong maka-isang panig na itakwil gaya ng nakasanayan ng mga pulis-wika.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pulisya pulitika pulitiko puliyagan pulmon pulmonya

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