The best linguistic metaphor ever is about lecturing whales on how they are singing wrong and bad and should sing better
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Replying to @FreyjaErlings
If we study language, we can't focus on dictating what "correct" language is because that doesn't study how language is spoken.
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Replying to @FreyjaErlings
@AndriErlingsson Ppl who prescribe rules cross the line & become part of what linguists study1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect
@arthur_affect oh man prescriptivists get MAD when descriptivists start talking about language as a tool of social hierarchies2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @FreyjaErlings
@AndriErlingsson Do "prescriptivists" even exist anymore in the academy? I thought it was just a term for English teachers now1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
@arthur_affect They do. They've sort of wedged themselves in as studying the "aesthetics" of language absent of its social context1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@AndriErlingsson Ha ok whatever
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