descriptivism
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/languagespecialized
thebeliefthatbooksaboutlanguageshoulddescribehowlanguageis really used,ratherthan givingrulestofollowsaying what iscorrectand notcorrect:
(语言)描写主义There has been ablurringof thesharpdistinctionbetween descriptivism and prescriptivism in the writings ofgrammariansandlexicographers.在语法学家和词典编撰者的著作中,语言描写主义和规定主义之间的明显差别已经变得模糊。
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- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- etymologically
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist
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