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

Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.

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

The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.

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

Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.

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.

Syntax

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.

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