Descriptive (definition)

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Descriptive rules, principles and constraints, are formal tools used by linguists to describe how native speakers of a language actually speak. They are contrasted with prescriptive rules which tell people how they should speak.

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References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.