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Does linguistics tell people how to speak or write properly?

April 26, 2017Linguistics people properly speak write

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Does linguistics tell people how to speak or write properly?

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[Previous] [Next] [Index] No. Linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive. Linguistics can often supply facts which help people arrive at a recommendation or value judgement, but the recommendation or value judgement is not part of linguistic science itself.