Looking at the chapter you read in part 2 of this module, or at any other resources you can find, fill in the blanks below with the names of different subfields of linguistic study.

• Descriptive grammar rules about how sounds work and go together are part of ____ and ____.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how words are created are part of ____.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how different words are put together to make a sentence are part of ____.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how meanings are put together to express a more specific idea are part of ____.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how speakers and context influence the meaning of language are part of ____.

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• Descriptive grammar rules about how sounds work and go together are part of phonetics and phonology.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how words are created are part of morphology.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how different words are put together to make a sentence are part of syntax.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how meanings are put together to express a more specific idea are part of semantics.
• Descriptive grammar rules about how speakers and context influence the meaning of language are part of pragmatics.