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Vocal auditory channel
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Language is spoken and heard
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Broadcast transmission and directional reception
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Language is one-way - you don't have to see addresser to get the message
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Rapid fading
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Once you say something, the sound goes away quickly
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Interchangeability
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You can repeat what someone else said because of a shared code - anyone can repeat it
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Complete feedback
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You can hear yourself and correct yourself
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Specialization
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Communication is the sole purpose of language
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Semanticity
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Language is made up of smaller pieces that mean something
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Discreteness
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Sounds differ from each other
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Displacement
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You can talk about abstract things and things that are not present
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Productivity/openness/creativity
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We can use language in creative ways; say something new and people will understand
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Cultural transmission
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Language is a learned behavior
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Prevarication
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You can lie
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Reflexiveness
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You can use language to talk about language
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Learnability
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You can learn different languages
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Arbitrariness
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No relationship between a word and what it meansdiff languages have diff words for the same thing
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