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Words can be broken down into phonemes. Words can be broken down into morphemes. Sentences can be broken down into constituents (phrases). Paragraphs can be broken down into sentences. It seems like all levels of language have their own building blocks (components that can be assembled into wholes). This property of language is Select one: a. Productivity b. Discreteness c. Displacement d. Duality

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    b. Discreteness

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    Displacement is how a language is capable of talking about things that are not immediately present. Duality is an old concept which believed that language was organized in two levels. Productivity is about how language can produce an infinite combination of sounds and meanings, basically.

    Finally, discreteness is about pieces of the language that can be broken down and are not even perceived by natural speakers.
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