Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 06, 2006 04:03 PM
The problem here is that linguists do not classify themselves as descriptive or proscriptive. The classification is between descriptive and prescriptive, as in "prescriptive grammar".
Had you bothered to look up "proscriptivist" you would have found that the word doesn't exist so far as the lexicographic community is concerned. This is disconcerting in an article written by someone who claims to be an authority in linguistics.
A linguist whose primary intent is to condemn would be a waste of flesh and water.
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Re:Proscriptivist?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 06, 2006 04:03 PMHad you bothered to look up "proscriptivist" you would have found that the word doesn't exist so far as the lexicographic community is concerned. This is disconcerting in an article written by someone who claims to be an authority in linguistics.
A linguist whose primary intent is to condemn would be a waste of flesh and water.
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Thanks for playing.
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