General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole.

The discipline that studies the rules governing the formation of words into permissible sentences in languages is called s（）

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

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

Semantics

Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.

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

The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.

Human capacity for language has a g（）basis, but the details of language have to be taught and learned.

Pragmatics is different from semantics in that pragmatics studies meaning not in isolation, but in context.