| 单词 | descriptive linguistics |
| 释义 | descriptive linguisticsnoun (used with a singular verb)the study of the grammar, classification, and arrangement of the features of a language at a given time, without reference to the history of the language or comparison with other languages. Also called synchronic linguistics . Origin of descriptive linguisticsFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby descriptive linguisticsdescriptive, descriptive bibliography, descriptive cataloging, descriptive geometry, descriptive grammar, descriptive linguistics, descriptive metaphysics, descriptive notation, descriptive statistics, descriptivism, descriptivist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for descriptive linguisticsdescriptive linguistics noun(functioning as singular) the study of the description of the internal phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures of languages at given points in time without reference to their histories or to one anotherAlso called: synchronic linguistics Compare historical linguistics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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