descriptivist
adjective
languagespecializeduk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/believingthatbooksaboutlanguageshoulddescribehowlanguageis really used,ratherthan givingrulestofollowsaying what iscorrectand notcorrect:
(语言)描写主义的Hecondemnedthe descriptivistviewoflanguageas an "Anything Goes"school.他把语言描写主义观点斥为一种“随心所欲”的做派。
Welinguiststendto be descriptivist.作为语言学家,我们对语言通常持描写主义观点。
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prescriptivistadjectivespecialized
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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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descriptivist
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/languagespecialized
someone whobelievesthatbooksaboutlanguageshoulddescribehowlanguageis really used,ratherthan givingrulestofollowsaying what iscorrectand notcorrect:
(语言)描写主义者He was a descriptivist andbelievedthat adictionaryshouldreflecttheactualcontemporarystateof thelanguage.他曾是一名语言描写主义者,认为词典应该反映语言在当代的真实使用情况。
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prescriptivistnoun
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- 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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