Prescriptive language

Synonyms for "prescriptive language" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
directiveguidance languageguiding

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
instructionalinstructional languagenormativenormative approach

Related words (6)

Adjective(5 words)
normative languageregulatory languagerule based languagerule-basedrule-bound approach
Noun(1 words)
school standard language

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
academic languagegrammatical standardlanguage pedagogylinguistic style

More specific

12 entries
corrective languageformal registergrading rubric languagegrammar drillsgrammar instruction languagegrammar pedantryprompting languagespelling listsstandard Englishstandard dictionstyle guide languagestyle guides

Collocations

11 entries
academic language standardsdescriptive language contrastgrammar instruction languagelanguage usage guidelinesprescriptive approachprescriptive grammarprescriptive language rulesprescriptive policyprescriptive rulesprescriptive styleprescriptive usage

Inflections

3 entries
more prescriptivemost prescriptiveprescriptive languages

Derivations

4 entries