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The word "prescriptive" generally refers to an approach to language, such as found in grammars, discussed by grammarians, etc. Not to languages themselves, whi
by jnbiche 12y ago
The word "prescriptive" generally refers to an approach to language, such as found in grammars, discussed by grammarians, etc. Not to languages themselves, which are neither descriptive nor prescriptive.
- eropple 12y agoThere are very much prescriptive languages. French, for example, is prescriptively maintained by the Académie française and the Office québécois de la langue française. English isn't one, and all the hurfing and durfing in the world won't change that because a techie doesn't like the word "hacker" being used in a way despite his...wait for it...proscription.