Productivity refers to the
a. fact that language involves combining unique units of sound according to a set of shared rules.
b. fact that there is no inherent or natural relationship between words and their meanings.
c. fact that a limited number of words may be combined into an infinite number of meaningful sentences.
d. ability to refer to people, places, and events that are remote in time and space.
Question 2
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.
