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NguyenJ

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Humans have the ability to talk about things, times and places that are not within their immediate experience. The term for this is
 
  a. arbitrariness.
  b. displacement.
  c. grammar.
  d. discrete and recombinable elements.

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Every language has a limited number of sounds and rules for combining them to create units of meaning. This characteristic of language is called
 
  a. productivity.
  b. arbitrariness.
  c. discreteness.
  d. displacement.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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Wow, this really help

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