The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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.
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 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.
A work or treatise written on this subject.
The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.