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Which characteristic of language refers to the ability to create different types of sentences as an open system of communication?

  • Productivity and Creativity (correct)
  • Arbitrariness
  • Re-combinable Elements
  • Displacement
  • Which characteristic of language refers to the ability to talk about objects, people, things and events that are remote in time and place?

  • Productivity and Creativity
  • Arbitrariness
  • Re-combinable Elements
  • Displacement (correct)
  • What does the term 're-combinable elements' refer to in the context of language?

  • The ability to talk about any time or place
  • The ability to create different types of sentences
  • The arbitrary nature of language symbols
  • The ability of sounds and letters to be rearranged to form different words (correct)
  • What is the term for the characteristic of language that is based on arbitrary symbols forming spoken and written words and sentences?

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    What is the term for the discrete sounds and letters that can be rearranged to form different words and meanings in language?

    <p>Re-combinable Elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

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