Form of grammatical description with the goal of instruction in the proper use of language and which is influenced by historical, logical and aesthetic considerations. Based on the example of other languages (for Indo-European languages, usually...

// adj. 1. Denoting a class of (usually intransitive) verbs or predicates which express states, qualities or relations, and sometimes also perceptions, rather than actions or events, particularly in languages in which such verbs and predicates show...

Means that which has been specified or laid down. In the UK many agencies (including local authorities) are empowered by Government to act in accordance with prescriptive legislation, i.e. they can only act or take such action as is specified in...

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In linguistics, prescription can refer both to the codification and the enforcement of rules governing how a language is to be used. These rules can cover such topics as standards for spelling and grammar or syntax; or rules for what is deemed socially...