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Categories: Linguistics, Analysis
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descriptive linguistics  linguistic description  descriptive grammar  Descriptive meaning  descriptivism
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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
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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