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[โ€“] lugal@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A true descriptivist will describe the effects, prescriptivism has on language #toleranceparadox

But your right, it isn't linguistics since science is always descriptive.

[โ€“] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

A true descriptivist will describe the effects, prescriptivism has on language #toleranceparadox

Naturally. One can't describe any real language without that, even something as "pure" as Icelandic.