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DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does descriptive grammar mean?
• DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR (noun)
The noun DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR has 1 sense:
1. a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics
Familiarity information: DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("descriptive grammar" is a kind of...):
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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