descriptive linguistics
3.Indian grammarian. His Ashtadhyayi, one of the first works of descriptive linguistics, presents grammatical rules for Sanskrit.
4.Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
5.As a unit of language beyond sentence level, text has been widely studied in descriptive and applied linguistics (McCarthy, 1991).
6.Under the influence of the traditions of rational technology, of religion and philosophy and of the scientific theories,linguistics undergoes a period from being descriptive to beng explanatory.
