> I think ebonics if a load of crock, but as an aficionado of linguistics...
I was under the impression that modern linguists generally agreed that good linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive. Could you elaborate here?
I was under the impression that modern linguists generally agreed that good linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive. Could you elaborate here?
A lot of this discussion is a complete embarrassment, I expected better from HN :(