Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences.

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

Semantics

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

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

Syntax

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.

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

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

Pragmatics