A general difference between phonetics and phonology is that phonetics is focused on the production of speech sounds while phonology is more concerned with how speech sounds distinguish meaning.

As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior,it is said to be （）.

Componential analysis is based on the belief that the meaning of a word cannot be dissected into meaning components, called semantic feature.

The relationship between the embedded clause and its matrix clause is one of a part to the whole.

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