{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7098808809","doi":null,"title":"More on descriptive and prescriptive linguistics","display_name":"More on descriptive and prescriptive linguistics","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-10-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7098808809"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.371.3678","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.371.3678","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.christopherpotts.net/ling/teaching/writing1-ucsc-2003/writing1-36-linguistic-claims.pdf","raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042601761","display_name":"Christopher Potts","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-6055","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-6055","https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5415-040X"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Chris Potts","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5042601761"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85182451,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":true,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10034","display_name":"Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation","score":0.9351000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10034","display_name":"Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation","score":0.9351000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12373","display_name":"Linguistic research and analysis","score":0.015599999576807022,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13260","display_name":"Linguistics and Language Studies","score":0.010200000368058681,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/descriptive-linguistics","display_name":"descriptive linguistics","score":0.9240000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/descriptivism","display_name":"descriptivism","score":0.8330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grammatical-accuracy","display_name":"grammatical accuracy","score":0.5199999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subject-verb-agreement","display_name":"subject-verb agreement","score":0.5889999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nominative-case","display_name":"nominative case","score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pronoun-case","display_name":"pronoun case","score":0.6299999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scientific-hypothesis","display_name":"scientific hypothesis","score":0.5009999871253967},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/normative-proposals","display_name":"normative proposals","score":0.8539999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grammatical-variation","display_name":"grammatical variation","score":0.3569999933242798}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5468625","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131105","display_name":"Nominative case","level":3,"score":0.9420999884605408},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.76910001039505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777855551","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12310021","display_name":"Subject (documents)","level":2,"score":0.6140999794006348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153962237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401131","display_name":"Noun phrase","level":3,"score":0.6061000227928162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88880766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1201147","display_name":"Determiner phrase","level":4,"score":0.5558000206947327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98184364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780131","display_name":"Argument (complex analysis)","level":2,"score":0.5382999777793884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779835924","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146786","display_name":"Plural","level":2,"score":0.40959998965263367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60048249","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37437","display_name":"Syntax","level":2,"score":0.4047999978065491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44725695","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288156","display_name":"Normative","level":2,"score":0.4034000039100647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4009000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121934690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084","display_name":"Noun","level":2,"score":0.35740000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777212361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127848","display_name":"Class (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.3513999879360199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781256819","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16828835","display_name":"Antecedent (behavioral psychology)","level":2,"score":0.3467999994754791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60986609","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47016217","display_name":"Specifier","level":4,"score":0.34299999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128081465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179230","display_name":"Infinitive","level":3,"score":0.34220001101493835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177148314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170084","display_name":"Generalization","level":2,"score":0.34209999442100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.3052999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779235478","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286576","display_name":"Register (sociolinguistics)","level":2,"score":0.2957000136375427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.2897999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2888000011444092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776224158","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187931","display_name":"Phrase","level":2,"score":0.2775000035762787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79078291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980142","display_name":"Linguistic universal","level":3,"score":0.2651999890804291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41417386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147276","display_name":"Proper noun","level":2,"score":0.26440000534057617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.25440001487731934}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.371.3678","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.371.3678","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.christopherpotts.net/ling/teaching/writing1-ucsc-2003/writing1-36-linguistic-claims.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education","score":0.7471694946289062}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2253349234","https://openalex.org/W1990853939","https://openalex.org/W3086857490","https://openalex.org/W2292169913","https://openalex.org/W7061917623","https://openalex.org/W3142299677","https://openalex.org/W4206716590","https://openalex.org/W7052844633","https://openalex.org/W1523151569","https://openalex.org/W2905155126"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Scientific":[0],"hypotheses":[1],"vs.":[2],"normative":[3],"proposals":[4],"Two":[5,47,76],"seemingly":[6],"identical":[7],"statements":[8],"(1)":[9],"Prescriptive":[10,81],"Pete:":[11,82],"In":[12,31],"English,":[13,32],"all":[14,33,120],"the":[15,25,34,44,64,97,102,122,127,168,181,220,237,246],"conjuncts":[16,35,98,123],"in":[17,24,36,43,101,126,139,150,158,222,227],"a":[18,37,151],"subject":[19,38],"noun":[20,39],"phrase":[21,40],"must":[22,41],"be":[23,42,56,100,125],"nominative":[26,45,103,128],"case.":[27,46,129],"(2)":[28],"Descriptive":[29,106],"Denise:":[30,107],"test":[48],"cases":[49],"Speakers":[50],"of":[51,96,121,217,239,245,248,256],"English":[52],"judge":[53],"(3)\u2013(4)":[54,155],"to":[55,63,132,176,213,232,236],"grammatical.":[57],"(3)":[58],"[Me":[59],"and":[60,69,192,226,242,251],"Sue]":[61],"went":[62],"park.":[65],"accusative":[66,74,75],"(4)":[67],"[Him":[68],"me]":[70],"are":[71,156],"good":[72],"friends.":[73],"very":[77],"different":[78],"reactions":[79],"(5)":[80],"See,":[83],"that\u2019s":[84],"what":[85],"I":[86,109,130],"mean.":[87],"No":[88],"one":[89],"should":[90,99,124,166],"say":[91],"things":[92],"like":[93,154],"(3)\u2013(4).":[94],"All":[95],"case!":[104],"(6)":[105],"Oh,":[108],"see":[110],"that":[111,119,138,178],"my":[112,134],"generalization":[113],"is":[114,117,144,148,208],"incorrect.":[115],"It":[116,136],"wrong":[118],"need":[131],"revise":[133],"proposal.":[135],"seems":[137,212,229],"fact...":[140],"(7)":[141],"Chris:":[142],"Denise":[143],"right.":[145],"But":[146],"so":[147],"Pete,":[149],"way.":[152],"Examples":[153],"not,":[157],"2003,":[159],"considered":[160],"grammatical":[161],"Standard":[162],"English.":[163],"So":[164],"you":[165,179],"run":[167],"tests":[169],"we":[170],"discussed":[171],"last":[172],"class":[173],"(April":[174],"16)":[175],"ensure":[177],"have":[180],"right":[182],"case":[183],"on":[184,190],"your":[185],"pronouns.":[186],"Christopher":[187],"Potts":[188],"More":[189],"descriptive":[191],"prescriptive":[193],"linguistics":[194],"An":[195],"argument":[196],"for":[197],"some":[198],"descriptivism":[199],"From":[200],"Pullum":[201],"1991":[202],"p.":[203],"27":[204],"(8)":[205],"\u201cAnd":[206],"it":[207,211],"genuinely":[209],"humanizing,":[210],"me.":[214],"The":[215],"process":[216],"examining":[218],"analytically":[219],"complexities":[221],"one\u2019s":[223,234,243],"own":[224],"language":[225],"others":[228],"inherently":[230],"likely":[231],"increase":[233],"sensitivity":[235],"ways":[238],"expressing":[240],"thought,":[241],"awareness":[244],"mystery":[247],"human":[249],"intelligence":[250],"its":[252],"intriguingly":[253],"diverse":[254],"channels":[255],"expression.\u201d":[257]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-25T09:29:13.331239","created_date":"2025-10-27T00:00:00"}