Fill in the Blanks Branches of Linguistics Online version To review knowledge of general linguistics by Alan Cárdenas 1 Morphology Linguistics Phonology Semantics Phonetics Syntax and ? includes the phonemes ( basic sounds ) and the discrete suprasegmental elements ( stress patterns , tones , intonation ) in the language . The phonological component also contains rules that regulate how phonemes can be combined in morphemes and words . ? Another component is . This includes the morphemes and the rules of combining them to derive and inflect words in a particular language . In English , for instance , the morpheme ? ion can be added to the verb elect and the result is the noun election . ? is the component of language of language that contains the rules for putting together words in phrases and phrases in sentences . For example , the English sentence He went to London is well - formed , whereas * To he London went is ill - formed . ? Finally , language also contains a system of meanings : this component is called . Its rules specify which sentences are , regarding meaning , normal and which are anomalous . For instance , This woman is the mother of three girls , is normal but this woman is the mother of three oil - wells is anomalous . ? These four disciplines combine the science of which studies how language is composed , how language should be used and how it is used .
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