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第一章 Features of language Arbitrariness:the forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their meaning. Duality:the property of having two levels of structures, such that units of the primary level are composed of elements of the secondary level and each of the two levels has its own principles of organization. Creativity:language is resourceful because of its duality and its recursiveness. Displacement: human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are present at the moment of communication. Function of language Information function:It is predo