The phrase "decorative language" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to language that is used primarily for ornamentation or to enhance the aesthetic qualities of a sentence, rather than for conveying information or ideas. An example of using "decorative language" in a sentence could be: "The author's use of descriptive and figurative language was purely decorative, adding richness and depth to the novel's setting and characters rather than advancing the plot."
These days anything and everything has been called art: commercial art, decorative art, interior design, artful language, art therapy, graphic art, fashion art, graphic novels, video, film, music and even an artistic approach, and anything someone finds creative.
The only decorative touches were colorful Chinese-language characters hanging on the front door and in the kitchen; the characters appealed for good fortune and riches.
Each woman would receive an education in a discipline in which she showed promise – for example calligraphy, decorative arts, music or foreign languages.
Down the commercial route, the language of the decoratives – the Ikeas, the interior magazines, the prime minister's own mother-in-law (co-owner of furniture firm Oka) all insist on the spiritual satisfactions of the well-designed bedroom.
Winner of the 2008 Charles F. Montgomery Prize for most distinguished contribution to the study of American decorative arts published in the English language, given by the Decorative Arts Society.
According to Scott Thompson Smith "Æthelstan A"'s diplomas "are generally characterised by a rich pleonastic style with aggressively literary proems and anathemas, ostentatious language and imagery throughout, decorative rhetorical figures, elaborate dating clauses, and extensive witness lists.
According to Scott Thompson Smith, the charters of "Æthelstan A": "are generally characterised by a rich pleonastic style with aggressively literary proems and anathemas, ostentatious language and imagery throughout, decorative rhetorical figures, elaborate dating clauses and extensive witness lists".
"In the art of Islam, Miguel Chevalier discovered a decorative manifestation similar to his own language as well as a connection with digital algorithmic art in its characteristic use of geometry of forms and mathematical laws," reads the video's description.
For example, the Atlas of Languages states, "It was probably used as a memory aid or for decorative purposes, not for recording the Rapanui language of the islanders".
