Allows users to talk about something not present in the immediate environment.
Displacement
Productivity
Duality
Cultural transmission
Language is acquired in a culture with other speakers and not from the parental genes
Cultural transmission
Displacement
Arbitrariness
Productivity
Language is organized in two layers simultaneously, sounds of alphabet and meaning of words.
Displacement
Creativity
Reflexivity
Duality
Look at the picture. Which property of human language is represented in it?
Cultural transmission
Arbitrariness
Productivity
Duality
How many properties of human language are there?
5
7
8
6
Which property of human language does this example represent?
Displacement
Cultural transmission
Productivity
Arbitrariness
Which of the properties of human language does the picture represent?
Productivity
Displacement
Duality
Cultural transmission
Which property of human language does the picture represent?
Arbitrariness
Displacement
Productivity
Duality
Which property of language does the picture represent?
Arbitrariness
Productivity
Duality
Displacement
There is no natural iconic connection between a linguistic form and its meaning.
Displacement
Productivity
Arbitrariness
Reflexivity
Allows language to be used to think and talk about language itself.
Duality
Productivity
Arbitrariness
Reflexivity
Allows users to create new expressions.
Duality
Productivity
Cultural transmission
Arbitrariness