Totally agree with your first couple paragraphs. Language is ever-evolving and that’s good. Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism is what I tell people when they act out about “non-proper” usage of language or contemporary teen language. Language is a tool to be used by us and is forged by our needs. It should also be adaptable to not exclude people on their very personal beliefs, be they of sexual prefence, political or religious orientation, and everything else similar to these.
It’s cool to have a heart-to-heart about language with people on Lemmy - it should be discussed way more on here. Do you know of any good linguistics communities on here?
Totally agree with your first couple paragraphs. Language is ever-evolving and that’s good. Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism is what I tell people when they act out about “non-proper” usage of language or contemporary teen language. Language is a tool to be used by us and is forged by our needs. It should also be adaptable to not exclude people on their very personal beliefs, be they of sexual prefence, political or religious orientation, and everything else similar to these.
It’s cool to have a heart-to-heart about language with people on Lemmy - it should be discussed way more on here. Do you know of any good linguistics communities on here?
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