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Human Language Features

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Human language uses the ______ channel to produce and perceive speech sounds.

vocal-auditory

The ______ feature of human language allows speakers to hear their own speech and make corrections.

total feedback

The relationship between form and meaning in human language is ______.

arbitrary

In human language, the word 'dog' is equivalent to ______ in Afrikaans.

hond

Bees perform a ______ dance when nectar is within 1 meter from the hive.

round

Sel, salt, and sout all refer to ______ chloride.

sodium

The cry of an animal may signal a specific ______ or the level of danger.

animal

Zebra finches raised in complete isolation do not sing the same ______ as they would if raised typically among other members of their species.

song

The language feature of ______ patterning allows for separate language units to be recombined in different orders.

duality

Dolphins, whales, and bats have the ability to learn new “regional ______” depending on what they are exposed to.

dialects

Humans are born with the capacity to acquire any language, which is a genetically determined ______ Faculty.

Language

In the “dance language” of bees, dances are used to communicate the loc + quality of ______.

nectar

White-crowned sparrows learn their local patterns by listening to ______ in their first three months.

adults

In human language, we use language to communicate about ______ language (= metalinguistic function).

human

There is no (linguistic) constraint on the length of ______ in a language.

sentences

Speakers have unconscious knowledge of specific language ______.

rules

A group of words can sometimes be the structural equivalent of one ______.

word

The units of human language (words, phrases, sentences) display internal ______.

structure

Speakers can arrange chunks of ______ according to specific rules.

structure

This feature of human language is not found in the communication systems of ______.

animals

Explore the characteristics of human language, including the use of vocal-auditory channels, total feedback, arbitrariness, and more. Learn about the advantages and uniqueness of human language.

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