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Prescriptive Grammar

Prescriptive Grammar is a normative linguistic framework that prescribes rules for correct language usage based on established standards, as opposed to describing how language is actually used by speakers.

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Citations

47

Authors

24

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Normative Grammar

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Publications

34

Androcentrism in prescriptive grammar: singular ‘they’, sex-indefinite ‘he’, and ‘he or she’

Ann Bodine · Language in Society · 1975 · 357 citations

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Eighteenth-century prescriptivism in English: A re-evaluation of its effects on actual language usage

Anita Auer, Victorina González‐Díaz · Multilingua · 2005 · 113 citations

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Cognitive Processes in Grammaticalization

Joan Bybee · 2003 · 91 citations

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The bishop's grammar: Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 80 citations

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From Haugen’s codification to Thomas’s purism: assessing the role of description and prescription, prescriptivism and purism in linguistic standardisation

Wendy Ayres‐Bennett · Language Policy · 2019 · 80 citations · Full text

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Authors

47

  1. DG
    Donald G. MacKay

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  2. HD
    Helen de Hoop

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. WA
    Wendy Ayres‐Bennett

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  4. FH
    Ferdy Hubers

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. KR
    Keren Rice

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    114 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

  3. Thammasat University

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  4. Triangle : Action, Discours, Pensée politique et économique

    Lyon, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  5. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. Manchester Metropolitan University

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Historiographia Linguistica

    2 publications · 116 citations

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  2. E-rea

    EREA · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. American Speech

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  4. Language in Society

    2 publications · 401 citations

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  5. English Today

    1 publications · 54 citations

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