从最普遍的意义上说，规定主义指一种语言比其他语言具有更高的内在价值，而这种价值应该强加于整个语言群体。
In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community.
早期人类社会仅仅限于亲缘关系群体之内在面对面情境中的互动，而且信用关系不会超出几十个亲戚的范围。
Early human sociability was limited to face-to-face interactions within close-knit kin groups, and trust didn't extend beyond a few dozen relatives.
但这个问题涉及两个方面：基于某一社会群体的社会含义而认同该群体，以及出于某些内在需要而认同某一社会群体。
But there are two different aspects of this issue involved: identifying oneself with a social group for its social implications and identifying oneself with a social group for internal needs.
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