The Association of Linguistic Signals with Aspects of the Social

question 41

Multiple Choice

The association of linguistic signals with aspects of the social, cultural, and physical world of a speech community is called

• A) Displacement.
• B) Duality of patterning.
• C) Openness.
• D) Semanticity.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default statement that there is no significant effect or difference, subject to testing against an alternative hypothesis.

Alternative Hypothesis

A hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, indicating there is a significant difference between two or more sets of data.

Production Cost

Represents the total expense incurred in manufacturing a product or providing a service, including raw materials, labor, and overhead costs.

P-value

A statistical measure indicating the probability of obtaining the observed results, or more extreme results, assuming the null hypothesis is true.