A general difference between phonetics and phonology is that phonetics is focused on the production of speech sounds while phonology is more concerned with how speech sounds distinguish meaning.

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

In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.

The pair of words “l(fā)end”and “borrow”are（）.

acculturation

What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning （）is considered.

inflectional morphemesn

Duality

protolanguage

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