Descriptivists study language use in various social contexts to understand how communication works.
Descriptivists examine word meanings based on how they are actually used in different contexts.
The descriptivist approach to linguistic theory focuses on how language is actually used by speakers.
Descriptivists analyze grammar rules as they are observed in natural language, rather than prescribing how they should be used.
Descriptivists investigate semantic change in language over time to understand how meanings evolve.