General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole.

General linguistics, which relates itself to the research of other areas, studies the basic concepts, theories, descriptions, models and methods applicable in any linguistic study.

Language

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

Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

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

Language is a system of a（）vocal symbols used for human communication.

A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks.

Morphology

Phonology