Pragmatics is different from semantics in that pragmatics studies meaning not in isolation, but in context.

Findings in linguistic studies can often be applied to the settlement of some practical problems. The study of such applications is generally known as a（）linguistics.

Modern linguistics is different from traditional grammar.

A diachronic study of language is the description of language at some point in time.

The discipline that studies the rules governing the formation of words into permissible sentences in languages is called s（）

Linguistics is generally defined as the s（）study of language.

Human capacity for language has a g（）basis, but the details of language have to be taught and learned.

Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.

The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.

Phonology