The publication of The Oxford English Dictionary (1884-1928) marked the felling of prescriptivism and the beginning of descriptivism in English lexicography.
1884年至1928年间陆续出版的《牛津英语词典》对收录的词作详尽的历史描述，标志着约翰规定主义编纂方针的衰退和描写主义指导思想的兴起。
参考来源 - 英语词典学中规定主义与描写主义的历史发展N（名词） the theory that moral utterances have no truth value but prescribe attitudes to others and express the conviction of the speaker 规范主义 [ethics] → compare descriptivism, emotivism