Experimental analytical procedures in structural linguistics used both to determine and portray linguistic regularities, as well as to establish and test linguistic hypotheses and theories. By deleting, replacing, adding, or reordering linguistic...

n. (also procedural definition) A definition of a linguistic object in terms of an analytical procedure to be applied to raw data, such as some American Structuralist definitions of the...

Generally taken as that which refers to those activities or actions necessary to ensure the direct implementation of a strategy (see STRATEGIC). See also:...

A working...

An operational definition is a showing of something — such as a variable, term, or object — in terms of the specific process or set of validation tests used to determine its presence and quantity. Properties described in this manner must be...