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<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong><br />
Ling472 Introduction to Computational Linguistics<br />
Lecture 1:<br />
Introduction<br />
Prescriptive v. descriptive grammar<br />
• Prescriptive<br />
– Rules against certain usages. Few if any rules for<br />
what is allowed.<br />
• Prepositions are not for ending sentences with.<br />
• Descriptive<br />
– Rules characterizing what people do say.<br />
– Goal is to characterize all and only what speakers<br />
find acceptable.<br />
– Based on the scientific method<br />
Slide: Emily Bender<br />
Monday, April 1, 2013<br />
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