the design features of language

language allows us to talk about past and future events. With it, we can also talk about abstract or imaginary situations.

• Duality

• Productivity

• Arbitrariness

• Cultural transmission

• Displacement

It is generally the case that there is no "natural" connection between a linguistic form and its meaning. This aspect of relationship between words and objects is described as (a)   .

Relate this image to one the features

• Duality

• Productivity

• Displacement

• Cultural transmission

• Arbitrariness

Relate this image to one of the design features:

• DUality

• Productivity

• Dosplacement

• Arbitrariness

• Cultural transmission

Relate this image to one of the design features:

• Duality

• Productivity

• Displacement

• Cultural transmission

• Arbitrariness