Vocabulary

This is the list of vocabulary that I made during the lessons:

-         Descriptiveà How something is, without any judgement.

-         Prescriptiveà The description of how something ought to be done.

-         Layman àA person who’s not an expert.

-         Geordiesà Someone from New Castle.

-         Registerà Contextually based variety.

-         ShiwolethàIdentifies someone as a member of a linguistic group.

-         A descriptive grammar looks at the way a language is actually used by its speakers and then attempts to analyse it and formulate rules about the structure. Descriptive grammar does not deal with what is good or bad language use; forms and structures that might not be used by speakers of Standard English would be regarded as valid and included. It is a grammar based on the way a language actually is and not how some think it should be.

-         A prescriptive grammar lays out rules about the structure of a language. Unlike a descriptive grammar it deals with what the grammarian believes to be right and wrong, good or bad language use; not following the rules will generate incorrect language. Both types of grammar have their supporters and their detractors, which in all probability suggests that both have their strengths and weaknesses.

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/descriptive-grammar.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/prescriptive-grammar.html