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bobypop

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Displacement, a feature of human communication, means ________.
 
  a. combining one or more sounds to create new meanings
  b. the capacity to convey information about a thing or event that is hypothetical in nature
  c. not understanding the meaning of nonverbal communication
  d. an inability to place all morphemes in their proper grammatical place
  e. an arbitrary use of words

Question 2

The meanings attached to any given word in all languages are totally _______.
 
  a. specific
  b. arbitrary
  c. culturally-based
  d. displaced
  e. organic by nature



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