Get to know Descriptivist better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Descriptivist in a sentence
Descriptivist meaning
Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
Using Descriptivist
- The main meaning on this page is: Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
Context around Descriptivist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Descriptivist
- In this selection, "descriptivist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, metalinguistic, theories, objection and theory stand out and add context to how "descriptivist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of and according to descriptivist theories proper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "descriptivist" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with descriptivist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, as the construction grows in popularity, the strength of the descriptivist objection is progressively reduced. (16 words)
In 1973 Tyler Burge proposed a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of proper names which holds that names have the meaning that corresponds to the description of the individual entities to whom the name is applied. (34 words)
According to descriptivist theories, proper names either are synonymous with descriptions, or have their reference determined by virtue of the name's being associated with a description or cluster of descriptions that an object uniquely satisfies. (36 words)
According to descriptivist theories, proper names either are synonymous with descriptions, or have their reference determined by virtue of the name's being associated with a description or cluster of descriptions that an object uniquely satisfies. (36 words)
In 1973 Tyler Burge proposed a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of proper names which holds that names have the meaning that corresponds to the description of the individual entities to whom the name is applied. (34 words)
However, as the construction grows in popularity, the strength of the descriptivist objection is progressively reduced. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
According to descriptivist theories, proper names either are synonymous with descriptions, or have their reference determined by virtue of the name's being associated with a description or cluster of descriptions that an object uniquely satisfies.
However, as the construction grows in popularity, the strength of the descriptivist objection is progressively reduced.
In 1973 Tyler Burge proposed a metalinguistic descriptivist theory of proper names which holds that names have the meaning that corresponds to the description of the individual entities to whom the name is applied.