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Meaning of word descriptive linguistics from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
Meaning : 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.
An account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used. A prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics.
prescriptive linguistics