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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English Language Skills => English => English Grammar => Topic started by: Afroza Akhter Tina on July 14, 2018, 02:55:09 PM

Title: Difference between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics
Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on July 14, 2018, 02:55:09 PM

The key difference between traditional grammar and modern linguistics is that the traditional grammar is prescriptive whereas the modern linguistics is descriptive.

Traditional grammar and modern linguistics are two branches of language studies. Traditional grammar is the oldest of the two, and its origin runs back to the 15th century. Linguistics is a relatively new branch of language study. Furthermore, it is also important to note that traditional grammar mainly focuses on the written language while modern linguistics consider speech as the basic form of language.


Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

Title: Re: Difference between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics
Post by: zafrin.eng on February 26, 2020, 06:13:36 PM

Very necessary to know for learning English!

Title: Re: Difference between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics
Post by: Umme Atia Siddiqua on March 15, 2020, 10:31:19 AM

Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Difference between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics
Post by: Anta on June 05, 2021, 06:22:39 PM

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