Linguistic Prescriptivism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23150526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Barber (0000-0003-1108-1072), Robert J Stainton (0000-0001-6661-8266) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 56-69 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Routledge Handbook of Social and Political Philosophy of Language (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003164869-6 |
| OpenAlex | W4232386976 |
| ISBN | 9781003164869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Alex Barber and Robert Stainton grapple with the issue of whether there really is a plausible and non-trivial notion of linguistic prescriptivism that might characterize the attitudes of people commonly associated with the view. They argue that we should drop the notion in favour of “language norming” (which is intended to include paradigm instances of ameliorative projects as well as injunctions not to split infinitives) and then argue that some instances of language norming are defensible and others are not.
Linguistics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religion, Theology, and Education
| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |