Linguistics

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.

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.

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

Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.

Syntax

Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.

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

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