Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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prescriptive linguistics | Yes | No | No | No |
descriptive linguistics | Yes | No | No | No |
prescriptive linguistics (noun) | descriptive linguistics (noun) |
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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 | 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 |