descriptive (redirected from Linguistic prescription)

de·scrip·tive  (d-skrptv)

adj.

1. Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe.

2. Concerned with classification or description: a descriptive science.

3. Grammar

a. Expressing an attribute of the modified noun, as green in green grass. Used of an adjective or adjectival clause.

b. Nonrestrictive.

4. Linguistics Of or relating to the study or the description of a language or a specific stage of a language, with emphasis on constructing a grammar without regard to historical development, comparison with other languages, or advocated norms for correct or proper usage.

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de·scriptive·ly adv.

de·scriptive·ness n.

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descriptive [dɪˈskrɪptɪv]

adj

1. characterized by or containing description; serving to describe

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar (of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former

3. relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription descriptive linguistics

descriptively  adv

descriptiveness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	descriptive - serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage" undescriptive - not successful in describing
	2.	descriptive - describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) prescriptive, normative - pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

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descriptive

adjective graphic, vivid, expressive, picturesque, detailed, explanatory, pictorial, illustrative, depictive The group adopted a simpler, more descriptive title.

Translations

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] ADJ → descriptivo

descriptive [dɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → descriptif/ive

descriptive

adj

→ beschreibend; account, adjective, passage → anschaulich; descriptive writing → Beschreibung f; his descriptive powers → sein Talent zur Beschreibung; to be descriptive of something → etw beschreiben

linguistics, science etc → deskriptiv

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adj → descrittivo/a