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language
animals having lang capability
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
08/01/2010

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displacement
Definition
the ability to talk about things not present, past or future events or objects not presently in the room
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duality
Definition
two levels of language unit of sound and meaning
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phenome
Definition
a unit of sound
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morpheme
Definition
a unit of meaning
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productivity
Definition
ability to create limitless numbers and meanings
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arbitrary
Definition
human language bear no direct relationship to their meanings but are agreed on symbols
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descriptive linguistics
Definition
study of the structure of language in general and specific variations among language
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syntax
Definition
rules of word order in language
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