Human Languages Are Patterned at Different Levels, and the Patterns

question 53

Multiple Choice

Human languages are patterned at different levels, and the patterns that characterize one level cannot be reduced to the pattern of any other level. Hockett recognized this phenomenon in which of his linguistic design features?

• A) Duality of patterning.
• B) Reflexiveness.
• C) Specialization.
• D) Displacement.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Factors or conditions that are manipulated or changed in an experiment to observe their effect on dependent variables without being influenced by them.

Regression Coefficients

Quantitative values that represent the strength and direction of the relationship between variables in a regression model.

Standard Errors

A measure of the variability or uncertainty in a statistical model, particularly in the estimation of coefficients.

Multicollinearity

A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a regression model are highly correlated, potentially distorting the results.