preskriptivisyyttä
Preskriptivisyyttä, a Finnish term, translates to prescriptivism in English. It refers to the attitude or practice of prescribing how a language should be used, as opposed to describing how it is actually used. This approach often involves setting rules for grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation that are considered "correct" or "proper."
Prescriptivism typically stems from a belief that there is an ideal form of a language that should
In contrast, descriptivism is the approach that focuses on observing and documenting the language as it is