Language is Sound
Linear
Systematic
System of Systems
Meaningful
Arbitrary =====> Conventional
System of Contrasts
Creative
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Source:
Jannedy, Stefanie, Robert Poletto and TraceyL. Weldon, eds.
Language files : materials for an introduction to language
& linguistics. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 1994
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