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It's Communicative.
It's Arbitrarily Symbolic.
It's Regularly Structured.
It's structured at Multiple Levels.
It's Productive, Generative, Creative.
It's dynamic. |
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Smallest units of speech sound.
These are different for every language.
Each language has different rules of how they can be ordered.
They are Categorically Perceived...McGurk Effect. This makes it possible for perceiving language across speakers and accents. |
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Smallest unit of sound that signals meaning.
Includes prefixes, suffixess, roots, and sometimes entire words.
They are considered the "atoms" of meaning. |
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Combinations of one or more morphemes.
Can have multiple meanings. |
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Rules for word order.
Different among different languages. |
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