Lesson 1 of 4 · 30 min

Foundations: What counts as human language?

Identify core properties that distinguish human language from other communication systems, including discreteness, displacement, productivity, and duality of patterning.

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Foundations: What counts as human language? According to 1-What-is-language-24, human language is distinguished from other communication systems by a set of core design features. These features help explain what makes human language different from systems used...

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