Normative grammar

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There is no evidence and in the following numerous statements are quite questionable, e.g. B .:

• "They also refer to institutions in other countries" - that would mean that there were no normative grammars before institutions like the " Académie Française " were founded. If so, it could perhaps be pointed out in more detail since when normative grammars have existed, which could then be "since the 16th century" (~> Accademia della Crusca ).
• "Establishing rules that are based on historical and aesthetic models" - that is certainly often the case, but certainly not a necessity, because you can also prescribe things without referring to models.

Also: Perhaps this article should only be a redirect to grammar # types of grammars , as it may make more sense to mention normative / prescriptive and descriptive grammars together.

The normative grammar (also: prescriptive grammar) (from Latin norma , "angle measure", "rule") is a grammatical description system that sets up rules based on historical and aesthetic models. With them, a high-level language is aimed at with didactic intent that should meet certain requirements. In contrast to "descriptive" grammar .

Content and delimitation

In terms of language maintenance and based on examples in other languages, some linguists want to codify norms of what should be considered good style or correct language usage. In this way you distinguish yourself from descriptive grammar, which only tries to describe how people actually write and speak . They also refer to institutions in other countries that have dedicated themselves to maintaining the respective languages, such as the Académie Française in Paris or the Real Academia Española in Madrid . Proponents believe that certain language variants are richer and can therefore express thoughts better.

The normative efforts in German can be traced back to Johann Christoph Adelung and were effective in some school grammars of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Normative grammar. In: Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.) With the assistance of Hartmut Lauffer: Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. 4th, revised and bibliographically supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-520-45204-7 , p. 484.