Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.

判断题Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.

判断题Social changes can often bring about language changes.

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

判断题Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.

判断题The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.