Definition of Descriptive linguistics

1. Noun. A description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments.

Generic synonyms: Linguistics
Specialized synonyms: Grammar, Phonemics, Phonology, Morphophonemics
Examples of category: Derivation
Antonyms: Prescriptive Linguistics

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptive Linguistics

descried
descrier
descriers
descries
description
descriptions
descriptive
descriptive
descriptively
descriptiveness
descriptive adjective
descriptive anatomy
descriptive anthropology
descriptive clause
descriptive geometry
descriptive linguistics (current term)
descriptive myology
descriptive psychiatry
descriptive statistics
descriptor
descriptors
descrive
descrived
descrives
descry
descrying
Descurainia
Descurainia pinnata
desecrate
desecrated

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