descriptive linguistics 1
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
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
Hypernym
linguistics 1
noun
the scientific study of language
EnglishAntonym
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
Hyponym
grammar 1
noun
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
phonology 1
noun
the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language
Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC
derivation 4
noun
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
