The fact that words can have specific meanings in specific situations, and may shift meanings depending on the situation and who is saying them to whom
a. illustrate the importance of theoretical linguistics, which provides rules that help us understand this phenomenon.
b. is a rare and unusual phenomenon which linguistic anthropologists have discovered.
c. mean that language must be studied in its cultural context.
d. make it absolutely impossible for speakers of one language to learn another language.
c
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