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

Phonology

Pragmatics

Language is p（）in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of new signals by its users. In other words, they can produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences which they have never heard before.

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.

Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.

Linguistics is generally defined as the s（）study of language.

Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

Language

In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts.