Linguistic prescription

The normative grammar (also: prescriptive grammar) (from the Latin norma, " square ", " rule" ) is a grammatical description system that establishes rules which are based on historical and aesthetic models. They provide a high-level language is desirable from a didactic intention, which is to meet certain specifications.

Content and delimitation

In terms of language maintenance and examples in other languages ​​, starting, want some linguists codify standards, which have to be considered good style or correct use of language. They differ so from descriptive grammar from which tries to describe just how actually written and spoken. They also refer to institutions in other countries that have devoted themselves to the care of the respective languages ​​to the Académie Française in Paris or the Real Academia Española in Madrid. Proponents believe certain language versions are richer, thoughts could be expressed thus better.

The normative aspirations can be traced back to the German Johann Christoph Adelung and were effective in some school grammars of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The apparent dichotomy normative and descriptive systems does not mean, however, descriptive grammars were randomly because each actual codification also has normative force.