Linguistics

Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

Semantics

Chomsky defines “competence” as the ideal user’s k（）of the rules of his language.

Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication.

The distinction between competence and performance was proposed by F. de Saussure.

Syntax is different from morphology in that the former not only studies the morphemes, but also the combination of morphemes into words and words into sentences.

D（）is one of the design features of human language which refers to the phenomenon that language consists of two levels: a lower level of meaningless individual sounds and a higher level of meaningful units.

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

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