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prescriptive linguistics vs linguistics

linguistics vs prescriptive linguistics

prescriptive linguistics and linguistics both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescriptive linguistics Yes No No No
linguistics Yes No No No
As nouns, linguistics is a hypernym of prescriptive linguistics; that is, linguistics is a word with a broader meaning than prescriptive linguistics:
  • prescriptive linguistics: an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
  • linguistics: the scientific study of language
prescriptive linguistics (noun) linguistics (noun)
an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics the scientific study of language
the humanistic study of language and literature
Difference between prescriptive linguistics and linguistics

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