Synonyms and Antonyms for descriptive-linguistics
1. descriptive linguistics (n.)
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
2. linguistics (n.)
the scientific study of language
- cognitive science
- synchronic linguistics
- science
- dialect geography
- diachronic linguistics
- structural linguistics
- pragmatics
- etymology
- structuralism
- computational linguistics
- scientific discipline
- neurolinguistics
- sociolinguistics
- descriptive linguistics
- prescriptive linguistics
- diachrony
- historical linguistics
- semantics
- linguistic geography
3. linguistics (n.)
the humanistic study of language and literature
