Semanticity - The quality that a linguistic system has of being able to convey meanings, in particular by reference to the world of physical reality., Arbitrariness of form and meaning - The absence of any natural or necessary connection between a word's meaning and its sound or form., Speaker knowledge of grammaticality - The knowledge that native speakers have of their language, which allows them to easily judge whether a sentence is grammatical or ungrammatical., Full productivity and creativity - Referring to the limitless ability to use language—any natural language—to say new things., Social transmission - The fact that language contributes to cultural transmission in humans and may contribute to cultural evolution in humans., Compositionality - The fact that a logical sentences (unit) is made up of individual logical and grammatical units (words, punctuation…)., Accomplishes linguistic functions - Achieves a goal: such as requesting objects and activities, initiating social interactions, expressing personal feelings, describing aspects of the world, requesting information, and pretending.,

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