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Categories: Analysis, Linguistics

descriptive linguistics linguistic description descriptive grammar Descriptive meaning descriptivism

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 WordNet 3.0

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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In the study of language, description or descriptive linguistics is the work of objectively analyzing and describing how language is actually used by a speech community. Wikipedia

Work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage Wikidata

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linguistics

academic discipline

descriptive linguistics

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descriptive linguistics

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