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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.
Specialized synonyms: Grammar, Phonemics, Phonology, Morphophonemics
Examples of category: Derivation
Antonyms: Prescriptive Linguistics
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptive Linguistics
Literary usage of Descriptive linguistics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Adventure of Great Dimension: The Launching of the Chicago Assyrian by Erica Reiner (2002)
"I too had come to Assyriology from linguistics, although not the descriptive
linguistics then in vogue in the United States, and this background was perhaps ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"... important as to the relation of psychology, descriptive linguistics, and
historical linguistics: W. Wundt, Sprachgeschichte und Sprachpsychologie, ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Every adjective must agree with its noun in three categories: number, gender,
and case —HA Gleason, Jr., An Introduction to descriptive linguistics, ..."
4. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof (1845)
"African Studies Center): 299-323. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
Gleason, Henry, A., Jr., 1955: Workbook in descriptive linguistics. ..."
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