Communication And Its Disorders Flashcards
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What are the design features of a language?
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Arbitrariness, displacement and productivity
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What is language?
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Systematic, conventional use of sounds or written symbols in a human society for communication.
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What is arbitrariness?
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Absence of physical correspondence between linguistic signals and the entities to which they refer.
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What is speech ?
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Physical production of sound to communicate using the conventions of a language.
