A Dictionary is NOT a Rule Book!
Channel: Palm Springs Linguist
Date: 2022-06-30

A linguist sets the record straight that a dictionary is not a rule book. It’s a record book. Grammar is not a set of rules. It’s a set of patterns. Everyone speaks with an accent, and no form of English is superior to another. English is predominantly a second language, not a native language. The internet is not ruining English. It’s helping English to evolve. English is not controlled by a grammar book or a dictionary. It’s controlled by you and all the other English speakers collectively.

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Topics Featured in the Video:
linguistics, the role of a lexicographer, dictionaries, how a word gets into the dictionary, grammar books, grammar, double negatives, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Another Brick in the Wall, We don’t need no education, syntax, tone, intonation, English as a second language, native speakers, the internet, the internet’s effect on language, Académie française, French Academy, African American English, English dialects, accents

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