Oliver’s Oxford
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Tuesday 30 May 2023 19:50:01 GMT
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knob :
She’s very eloquent. I am enlightened
2023-05-30 20:33:51
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Plum Porter Enjoyer :
It's an interesting debate, but conversely it could make learning English a lot more challenging for non-native speakers.
2023-05-31 03:50:09
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tedynenu :
Linguistics students mindlessly subscribe to descriptivism, but they have no good argument for it.
2023-05-31 17:47:34
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Reb :
I like prescriptivism for myself, but after a linguistic class I decided it doesn't need to be for everyone. Idk if thay makes sense😂
2023-06-01 05:43:23
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ireise :
if anyone is confused, these concepts are usually applied to native speakers, it doesn't really apply in the same way if you're learning a language
2023-06-05 16:58:14
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Peter Storey :
Something doesn’t really exist simply because it’s ephemeral and changing?
2023-05-30 22:34:20
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🌲zacarías🌿 :
This took 30 years for me to start deconstructing! Language is human and humans don’t always follow the rules. In fact, there aren’t any 💁🏼♂️
2023-05-30 20:38:50
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Oriana Göldi :
You don’t need to have perfect grammar to have a conversation but you need to follow a minimal set of rules to be understood.
2025-04-18 09:28:25
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Joshua Laurence :
I’m getting a strong “my professor said this is true, therefore it’s true” from her. In a way of accommodating someone.
2023-06-23 12:32:48
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K S82980 :
as a non native, grammar is actually making english easy to learn and speak in daily life. In Indonesian language, we have our own systematic grammar,
2023-06-14 03:58:02
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Daniel Goodson :
We absolutely need an agreed standard for a language. It’s not always polite to correct people, but I would think it’s right to teach a child..
2023-06-12 00:24:28
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RR :
she doesn't sound posh because she's from the 'South' There are plenty of southern accents that don't sound posh. Cockney, Estuary
2023-07-09 20:39:56
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david :
This really misses the point. Yeah, people can be snobs and behave poorly and that’s not great, but
2023-05-30 22:20:43
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Ellis Done :
prescriptivism is claaaaahsist
2023-05-31 20:47:35
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gwenaël :
!!!!!! yes!!!! there is such a thing as an internal grammar but grammar as it’s taught in schools is just another way of enforcing class 🥲
2023-05-31 03:19:43
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Sophie :
I didn't study Spanish and Spanish grammar for the past 10 years to hear "grammar doesn't really exist" 😭
2023-06-04 14:13:20
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Scythner101 :
Omg which college is this
2023-05-31 00:46:44
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bouqe644 :
how can you be sure that you've been understood if you're not using a set, shared system of communication?
2023-07-02 03:01:30
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Emma.Make :
I thought this was arguing about general elitism at Oxford which surely would be a more interesting conversation 😅
2023-06-05 11:36:57
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Lambdatan :
My gut reaction is that prescriptivism is useful in areas where clear cut communication is important as cultural differences in language can make
2023-05-31 10:46:17
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Ash :
this is such a shock to hear with that accent 😭😭😭😭 thank you for supporting linguistic diversity
2023-05-31 14:33:35
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Marvin :
they never say anything i couldnt have said myself
2023-06-08 09:30:09
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Bquix :
Tbh the creator’s crazy eyes during this interview is 🚩 #1, post-mansplaining he purposefully feints not understanding accommodation theory 🚩
2023-06-29 19:33:27
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violetcornwall :
i agree with you, however privilege is the ability to know how to, and be able to, use Standard English when it’s needed. in today’s society…
2023-07-05 08:00:33
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Ricardo Pereira :
About children: that's not a good point! What kind of standard is that? Do you teach them how to speak? Or not?
2023-06-11 23:07:26
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