Prescriptivism as language conservatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21540701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miljenko Kapović (0000-0001-7938-4323, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-109 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Linguistica Hafniensia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0374-0463 • E-ISSN: 1949-0763 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03740463.2025.2565092 |
| OpenAlex | W4415695208 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
The paper argues that institutional ‘usage-guide’ prescriptivism should be regarded as a manifestation of political conservatism in language and outlines the commonalities between the two ideologies. While similarities between ‘usage-guide’ prescriptivism and political conservatism are quite glaring, the idea has gone practically unaddressed in the literature, except in passing and sometimes even dismissively
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| Highly cited | No |
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