【正确答案】正确答案：It is generally agreed that linguistics should include at least six branches, namely, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Phonetics studies speech sounds, including the production of speech, that is, how speech sounds are actually made, transmitted and received, the description and classification of speech sounds, words, and connected speech. Phonology studies the rules governing the structure, distribution, and sequencing of speech sounds and the shape of syllables. It deals with the sound system of a language by treating phoneme as the point of departure. Pragmatics is the study of meaning in context. It deals with particular utterances in particular situations and is especially concerned with the various ways in which many social contexts of language performance can influence interpretation.

【答案解析】解析：(考查语言学的分支)