Stan Carey · @stancarey
1217 followers · 921 posts · Server mastodon.ie

A related post of mine, on language reform and prescriptivism:

"By oversimplifying the nature and aims of prescriptivism, we invite confusion, category errors, and semantic muddles"

stancarey.wordpress.com/2021/0

#englishusage #prescriptivism #editing #writing #editorsofmastodon #language #editingcommunity

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Tatjana Scheffler · @tschfflr
633 followers · 1888 posts · Server fediscience.org

#prescriptivism

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Joanna Newsom Superfan · @Joannanewsomsuperfan
62 followers · 177 posts · Server mas.to

Another day, another Speech & Language Therapist posting a super prescriptivist, alarmist and cringe video on Facebook that mostly shows we're not even able to differenciate between our missions and those of primary school teachers. No, seriously, IDGAF if children interviewed on the street can't recite their conjugations. It's got nothing to do with language disorders.



#prescriptivism #language #linguistics #speechlanguagepathology #french

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Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
117 followers · 302 posts · Server h4.io
Stan Carey · @stancarey
955 followers · 438 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Wishing English were more like Latin is like wishing your partner were more like your ex

#language #grammar #prescriptivism

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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
44 followers · 254 posts · Server mas.to

Find me a case of someone saying "fewer" followed by an uncountable noun: On the "rule" about "fewer" and "less". andrewjshields.blogspot.com/20

#fewerless #prescriptivism #descriptivism #grammar #111words

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Jesse Sheidlower · @jessesheidlower
408 followers · 27 posts · Server mastodon.social

Is this an email from Amazon offering to sell me a platform from which I can observe fraudsters? Or is it telling me I should look out (which normally has a space) for them?

(It's a real email.)

#prescriptivism

Last updated 2 years ago

Teal Amore · @theelectricteal
13 followers · 48 posts · Server hachyderm.io

also no matter how much you complain, languages will continue to evolve. and the obsession with keeping words meaning what they used to mean is an appeal to tradition. and do you know who's philosophy is based in the appeal to tradition? that's right, white supremacists.

so just keep in mind, is bad and based in . languages will keep evolving no matter what you say, so just relax and enjoy watching it happen

#prescriptivism #bigotry

Last updated 2 years ago

DJ Dr. Maitxinha · @maitxa
64 followers · 90 posts · Server mastodon.lol

So many things wrong with this…To start with, why do people associate longer, latin-related words with more ‘formal’ when it is just ‘longer’? Second…what’s with the bellies…and the belly rubbing? @linguisticsmemes @linguistics

#linguistics #prescriptivism #Ignoranceofscience

Last updated 2 years ago

NashaWriter · @NashaWriter
32 followers · 80 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

This is so true, Language is fluid and wonderful. Stop with the literal acting like Grammar-N@zi's, its not cute anymore. Fu** Colonial rules. STOP Linguistic prescriptivism.

Linguistics greatest gift is that it can be molded and stretched to properly express yourself in a way that feels natural to YOU.

#linguistics #language #linguistic #prescriptivism #fluid

Last updated 2 years ago

Phil in SF :bart: · @kingrat
164 followers · 345 posts · Server sfba.social

God help me if I ever have to interview with a company that invents stupid words.

"we are a Series A startup building the 'operating system for rentalpreneurs'"

Just say you are building management software for small landlords. Gah!

#prescriptivism #getoffmylawn

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Matthias Hüning · @mhuening
112 followers · 37 posts · Server berlin.social

(since I am still new here): I am a linguist at Freie Universität Berlin, working on and other languages (, , , etc.). My focus is on and , mostly from a perspective. Also interested in and the relationship between language and society. and are central topics in our on at .

#introduction #dutch #Westgermanic #german #English #Afrikaans #plattdeutsch #morphology #LanguageChange #contrastive #sociolinguistics #StandardLanguageIdeology #prescriptivism #Graduiertenkolleg #normativity #FUBerlin

Last updated 2 years ago

M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
235 followers · 14262 posts · Server mamot.fr

@grammargirl That language changes is of course true, and it is also true that changes in language occur for a reason. Given those premises, are all changes in a language good? Perhaps one shouldn't even try to judge.

#descriptivism #prescriptivism

Last updated 3 years ago

Bee (a dork) · @someonetellmetosleep
74 followers · 8886 posts · Server queer.party

Alright here's my rant about , you asked for it

A pet peeve of mine is people misunderstanding what literal and figurative speech even are

When people complain that "'literally' is used to mean 'figuratively'", they are belying that their theory of communication is overly reductive to the point of being demonstrably false

#prescriptivism

Last updated 5 years ago