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Aitchison's ten features of language include spontaneous usage.. Which of the following is the best example of this feature?
 
  a. Birds respond to the singing of another bird.
 b. Children learn to speak without being explicitly taught to do so.
 c. Language is used to express ideas that have never been expressed before.
 d. We learn language within our families.

Question 2

Language is found in
 
  a. all human cultures.
 b. most, but not all contemporary human cultures.
 c. a minority of contemporary human cultures.
 d. all contemporary human cultures, but probably did not occur in most human societies until approximately 15,000 years ago.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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