Pragmatics is different from semantics in that pragmatics studies meaning not in isolation, but in context.

Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.

Syntax is different from morphology in that the former not only studies the morphemes, but also the combination of morphemes into words and words into sentences.

The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology.

Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences.

Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication.

General linguistics, which relates itself to the research of other areas, studies the basic concepts, theories, descriptions, models and methods applicable in any linguistic study.

General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole.

In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts.