English noun: descriptive linguistics | |||
1. | descriptive linguistics (cognition) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | linguistics | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | grammar, morphophonemics, phonemics, phonology | ||
Domain category members | derivation | ||
Antonyms | prescriptive linguistics | ||