celebratedrecluse wrote
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descriptivists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chomsky, and little a world to gain!
zoom_zip OP wrote
down with prescriptive definitions! let the people define the language; not the language define the people... or something like that anyway.
yaaqov wrote
Say what you will about Chomsky, but generative linguistics is definitely descriptive...
celebratedrecluse wrote
Perhaps I am confusing the two, sorry
yaaqov wrote
Oh no worries at all, in fact in retrospect I feel that I acted quite curmudgeonly! So, sorry if that felt abrasive!
celebratedrecluse wrote
ah, there is nothing wrong with being a little abrasive online from time to time. if it were, i would have to log off !
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