The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
A descriptive linguistic survey.
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.
The material recited.
A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.