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A linguistic perspective involves treating language as natural phenomenon, describing its regularities and patterns in a manner that increases our overall understanding.
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A linguistic perspective involves a descriptive, not a prescriptive, account of language.
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A linguistic perspective requires attention to function as well as form.
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From a linguistic perspective, a sentence is grammatical if it might be plausibly uttered by a native speaker or a competent non-native speaker of a standard variety of the language under normal circumstances.
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A linguistic perspective involves reconsidering traditional definitions and explanations of grammar.
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A linguistic perspective involves a consideration of spoken forms as well as written forms.
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A linguistic perspective requires us to recognize that grammars are dynamic, not static, changing over time.