【正确答案】Descriptive study of linguistics is a kind of linguistic study in which linguists just try to describe and record the language rules to which the members of a language community actually conform and do not seek to impose upon them other rules．

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查描写式语言学研究的定义，考生也应了解语言学研究的其他方法，如规定式，共时和历时等概念。