Prescriptivism
* The attitude or belief that one variety of language, such as RP and SE, is superior to all others.Do not like slang terms or language change.
- Dr. Shadyah A. N. Cole
- Geoffrey Nunberg
Descriptivism
* A non-judgemental approach to language that focuses on how it is spoken and written.
- Alexandra D'arcy
- Steven Pinker
Geoffrey Nunberg;
"It may be that my children will use gift and impactas verbs without the slightest compunction (just as I use contact, wondering that anyone ever bothered to object to it). But I can't overcome the feeling that it is wrong for me to use them in that way and that people of my generation who say "We decided to gift them with a desk set" are in some sense guilty of a moral lapse, whether because they are ignorant or because they are weak."
Steven Pinker;
"Descriptivists, according to this scheme, believe that norms of correctness are arbitrary shibboleths of the ruling class, designed to keep the masses in their place. Language is an organic product of human creativity, and the people should be given the freedom to write however they please."
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