alleryWhy is academic linguistic research called descriptive?
AIt decrees how people should speak
BIt describes language without bias
CIt ranks dialects by social prestige
DIt enforces rules from usage guides
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It describes language without bias
1. Like other sciences, linguistics aims to describe reality.
2. It does so without the bias of preconceived ideas about how it ought to be.
3. Decreeing, ranking and enforcing are prescriptive acts.
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