As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior,it is said to be （）.

Componential analysis is based on the belief that the meaning of a word cannot be dissected into meaning components, called semantic feature.

ethnic dialect

“John killed Bill but Bill didn’t die” is a (n) （）.

Of the three branches of phonetics, the longest established, and until recently the most highly developed, is（）phonetics.

“It is raining hard” is a one-place predication sentence.

Describe the process of language perception，comprehension and production.

inflectional morphemesn

What are the major distinctions between langue and parole?

The relationship between the embedded clause and its matrix clause is one of a part to the whole.