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语言学导论期末复习提纲 CHAPTER ONE 1. What is language? LANGUAGE is a means of verbal communication. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. 2. What are design features of language? Arbitrariness: the forms of linguistic signs bear no 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. Duality lies in the great productive power our language is endowed with. Creativ