linguistic prescription

attempt to lay down norms defining preferred or "correct" use of language
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linguistic prescription

Summary

linguistic prescription is a language ideology[1]. It draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (language_ideology category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • linguistic prescription's instance of is recorded as language ideology[3].
  • linguistic prescription's subclass of is recorded as intentional human activity[4].
  • linguistic prescription's part of is recorded as standardology[5].
  • linguistic prescription's part of is recorded as normativistics[6].
  • linguistic prescription's part of is recorded as linguistic standards[7].
  • linguistic prescription's opposite of is recorded as descriptive linguistics[8].
  • linguistic prescription's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hbx7[9].
  • linguistic prescription's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 418[10].
  • linguistic prescription's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 428[11].
  • linguistic prescription's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, Sixth Edition[12].
  • linguistic prescription's described by source is recorded as Základy lingvistiky[13].
  • linguistic prescription's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Linguistics[14].
  • linguistic prescription's described by source is recorded as Q67386293[15].
  • linguistic prescription's used by is recorded as codification[16].
  • linguistic prescription's used by is recorded as language education[17].
  • linguistic prescription's used by is recorded as language guidance bureau[18].
  • linguistic prescription's used by is recorded as traditional grammar[19].
  • linguistic prescription's BBC Things ID is recorded as d8d5e47d-7594-46c7-8da0-0d51ab60df08[20].
  • linguistic prescription's different from is recorded as universal prescriptivism[21].
  • linguistic prescription's different from is recorded as graphocentrism[22].
  • linguistic prescription's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[23].
  • linguistic prescription's practiced by is recorded as normative grammarian[24].
  • linguistic prescription's Quora topic ID is recorded as Grammar-Nazi-4[25].
  • linguistic prescription's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as linguistic-prescription[26].
  • linguistic prescription's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779343323[27].

Why It Matters

linguistic prescription draws 197 Wikipedia views per month (language_ideology category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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