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

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.

Describe the process of language perception，comprehension and production.

A sentence is a （） concept, and the meaning of a sentence is often studied in isolation.

Give the description of the following sound segments in English.[k];[z];[w];[u:];[i]

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

inflectional morphemesn

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 （）.

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

Give the description of the following sound segments in English.[k];[z];[w];[u:];[i]