Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism

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Thanks for your Brevity in sharing this topic. Actually it's our topic this afternoon and now it's really clear now to me the difference between two!

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I think there should be a distinction between prescriptivism in grammar and precise language. Precision in language is often required academically as semantic dift can prevent people from understanding each other as they might just end up arguing semantics.

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Hi Syamsu. I might be willing to do live streaming sometime--I haven't given it much thought, and I'm not sure how how many people might want to attend!

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[@HALF_DAY]

Can you label something that isn’t directly related to language as prescriptive? If so, could you give an example?

[@evanashworth490]

That's actually a really difficult question to answer because, for example, laws or religion could be understood to "prescribe" human behavior, but that prescription is performed through language (in the form of, say, city statutes or religious texts). I guess I've never actually thought about this question before, but I'm really having a hard time coming up with an example of human understanding or behavior that is not prescribed using the vehicle of language.

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[@monta2max]

Instructor evan .can it be assumed that descrptive is associated with BICS. and prescriptive is associated with CALP ?

[@evanashworth490]

Hi Monta. That is an interesting observation. I suppose that BICS would involve children learning (or even acquiring) language more on their own, without the kind of assistance/instruction they would receive in CALP, so in that sense BICS would involve kids approaching language more descriptively (asking questions like, "how do speakers use ___ in language?"), while CALP, with its emphasis on academic instruction would be more prescriptive in its approach. I wouldn't equate BICS with descriptivism or CALP with prescriptivism, but, yes, I do think CALP would be more prescriptive.

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[@evanashworth490]

I'm sorry, I won't be able to help with that, so you might want to see out a writing/English tutor or even an editor.

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0:58 why we put our finger like that? i don't the reason

[@evanashworth490]

These are so called "air quotes" or even "scare quotes", which nerds like me to use to indicate that the label (the thing in "air quotes") is somehow problematic. In this case, I was using the term "rules" in air quotes to indicate that grammatical rules in linguistics are often thought of in prescriptive terms (as inviolable), but in linguistics, "rules" (there's the air quotes again) merely refer to grammatical patterns that speakers of a language tend to follow (not that they HAVE TO follow them).

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One of my planned future videos will cover the history of linguistics as a discipline and will therefore address all of those topics. Sorry to make you wait!

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[@J-Ton]

Can't some linguists be prescriptivist rather than descriptivist? It seems unlikely that preference doesn't exist in language and even the functionality of certain words or mechanics over others. Even if we are of the belief that a field is simply trying to understand a subject rather than make value judgments on it, we understand naturally that the value judgments come naturally from understanding--much like how historians may study history to learn first but to help society as well.

[@evanashworth490]

Linguists, by their very nature, are descriptive, as they only seek to describe how language(s) work(s)--and this is necessary in order to perform objective science (there is no such thing as a better/worse language than another language--as soon as a linguist starts believing that there are some language better than others in some sense, they have introduced bias into their study). However, as you recognize, every one of us--linguists included--recognize that prescriptivism exists (that there are "rules" for writing language, for example) and we all have our own language ideologies that dictate how we as individuals believe language should be used. So, think of it this way: I wear a "descriptive hat"when I work as a linguist in the field to document a lesser-known language, but I put on my "prescriptive hat" when I'm talking with friends about things that irk me about how people use English.

[@J-Ton]

@@evanashworth490 Thanks for the reply! I only asked because it seems like understanding how languages arise and are used is intrinsically linked to preference. People use certain words because of their own preferences and I know linguists are human as well. I guess it seems similarly biased to hold that idea that all languages are equal. Certainly computer programmers don't share this perspective! Again, thanks for your reply and thanks for the video!

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