descriptive linguistics

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 106191300)
    associated with: derivation - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
    is a type of: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    subtypes:
    • grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    • phonemics, phonology - the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
    • morphophonemics - the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language

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