0 the belief that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct:
There has been a blurring of the sharp distinction between descriptivism and prescriptivism in the writings of grammarians and lexicographers.
The ideal punctuation system incorporates both descriptivism and prescriptivism.
Descriptivism in language analysis is a fundamental tenet of modern linguistics.
First, he offered up what has come to be known as the modal argument (or argument from rigidity) against descriptivism.
The motivations for this approach are rather different from those that inspired other forms of descriptivism, however.
Kripke rejects both these kinds of descriptivism.
With reference to the practicing scientist, we replace descriptivism with constructivism; we modify relative validity with the claim to understanding; and, we offer methodological strategies for acquiring understanding.
