Abstract
The article treats the problem why a descriptive grammar cannot avoid from being normative in some ways. some uses of language are always excluded. on the other hand a descriptive grammar should account for competing variants where there might be disagreement among the language users which expression is correct, i.e. should be accepted as norm. The descriptive grammar does not tell which variant is good, functionally or socially. That is the purpose of an antibarbarus.
| Original language | Swedish |
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| Pages | 17-25 |
| Volume | 36 |
| No. | 4 |
| Specialist publication | Språkvård |
| Publisher | Svenska språknämnden |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Bibliographical note
The article in a slightly different version is also included in Svenskans beskrivning 24, Linköping 1999 (only net publication).The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Swedish (015011001)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Languages and Literature
Free keywords
- language norms
- language cultivation
- descriptive
- standardization
- antibarbarus
- Grammar