The design feature of language that refers to the fact that the units used for communication can be separated into distinct units that cannot be mistaken for one other is which of the following?

a. discreteness
b. displacement
c. productivity
d. broadcast transmission and directional reception


a

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A) competition, cooperation, collaboration, and regulation. B) intensification, stratification, specialization, and centralization. C) organization, transformation, rationalization, and opportunism. D) adaptation, fluctuation, stabilization, and materialization. E) none of the above.

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