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There do exist prescriptivist linguists, who do exactly that: they try to divine "correct" from "incorrect" usage of language.
by simiones 1y ago
There do exist prescriptivist linguists, who do exactly that: they try to divine "correct" from "incorrect" usage of language.
- School-Cotton 1y ago> There do exist prescriptivist linguists That is not true, at least in mainstream serious academia. Prescriptive linguistics doesn’t exist any more than prescriptive biology or astronomy.
- simiones 1y agoMaybe in the USA. But bodies like the French Academy and many similar ones in other countries very much do issue opinions on correct grammatical (and vocabulary) usage. And members of these institutions are very much considered the top of their field in their countries.
- School-Cotton 1y agoThe members of the French Academy are not linguists. They are mostly writers or academics from other fields (history, philosophy, etc). If you can read French, check here: https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/les-quarante-aujourdhui https://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/les-quarante... > And members of these institutions are very much considered the top of their field in their countries. Maybe, but their field isn't linguistics.