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单词 prescriptivism
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prescriptivism
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/us
/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
languagespecialized
thebeliefthat there arecorrectandwrongwaysto uselanguageand thatbooksaboutlanguageshould giverulestofollow,ratherthandescribinghowlanguageis really used:
规约主义
There has been ablurringof thesharpdistinctionbetween descriptivism and prescriptivism in the writings ofgrammariansandlexicographers.在文法学者和词典编纂者的作品中，描述主义和规约主义之间的界限开始模糊了。
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(Definition ofprescriptivismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprescriptivism

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There are of course many people, including language scholars of great probity, who are watchful about prescription and hostile to 'prescriptivism'.
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Younger teachers are by and large unaware of grammaticalprescriptivismarguments while all teachers have awareness of the need to address and reform linguistic discrimination.
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For example, since we linguists all agree in rejectingprescriptivism,7 we can speak with one voice in favour of non-standard8 dialects.
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I don't doubt the value of descriptive linguistics - up to the point when descriptivists dogmatically refuse to acknowledge the value ofprescriptivism.
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Pronunciation has to be 'correct' (again,prescriptivismand the popular beliefs about spelling and pronunciation), clear, and intelligible.
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To them,prescriptivismas such is not the bane of effective teaching and learning.
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It is my contention thatprescriptivismshould rule the day with punctuation, although, in most instances, it should adhere to a descriptive analysis of speech.
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The growth of the form, however, was sometimes challenged by writers on the language at a time whenprescriptivismwas dominant.
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The most striking characteristic of this curriculum is the absence ofprescriptivism(for which linguists can claim some credit).
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Both eschewprescriptivismwhile addressing the ever-present public interest in questions of disputed usage.
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Several of those belonging to this group even confided that thisprescriptivismmight have influenced their respective choices.
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Similarly, in his discussion ofprescriptivism, he seems to have blurred the difference between descriptive and applied approaches.
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But is it really fair to tar linguists with the brush ofprescriptivism?
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Prescriptivismhas done itself no favours in the past and, by failing to acknowledge current language trends, it does itself no favours nowadays.
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Practicingprescriptivismnow and then.
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