Multiple choice

Which of the following is the practice of championing one variety or manner of speaking of a language against another?

  1. Neurolinguistics

  2. Psycholinguistics

  3. Prescription

  4. Rhetoric

  5. Contrastive linguistics

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Prescription or prescriptivism is the practice of championing one variety or manner of speaking of a language against another.