Prof. Gregory

Intro to Linguistics

Summer 2001

TIUA

Reading Assignment - Properties of Language

 

1.  What is the difference between communicative signals and informative signals?

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 2. In your own words, describe what the term "arbitrariness" means as it is used to describe a property of human language.

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3. In your own words, describe what the term "displacement" means as it is used to describe a property of human language.