A Little Book of Language
posted on Sat 17th Apr 20102b or not 2b? That is the question. At least it is according to David Crystal, language genius and one of the greatest descriptivists of all time. Descriptivistism is not a word liked by my spell-checker (nor is ‘descriptivists' for that matter) but for all you sane non-linguist types it refers to the view that language is something free and evolving. This is best demonstrated through differing dialects and the new forms of language found in text messages and emails. read more