minus-squarejjdelc@lemmy.mltoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Does existence of a language authority influence opinions about descriptivism/prescriptivism?linkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI Spanish, the Real academia de la lengua is often used incorrectly by people as a prescriptive reference but what they really do is gather the common usages and incorporate them into the language. It’s like a descriptive record of language. linkfedilink
I Spanish, the Real academia de la lengua is often used incorrectly by people as a prescriptive reference but what they really do is gather the common usages and incorporate them into the language. It’s like a descriptive record of language.