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.

Modern linguistics regards the written language as primary, not the written language.

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

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

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

Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

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.

The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology.

Pragmatics

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.