alleryPrescription tends to treat non-standard dialects in what way?
AIt tends to devalue them
BIt tends to adopt them
CIt records them neutrally
DIt treats them as equal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. It tends to devalue them
1. Prescription often presents one variety as the only legitimate one.
2. Non-standard usages are stigmatized as mistakes.
3. This feeds the belief that non-codified forms are inferior.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic prescription, Criticisms_
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