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. The concept of ‘double articulation’ is a classic one at identifying language, please, explain it, and give

examples.
Double articulation is a linguistic feature that consists of the decomposition of the linguistic sign into minimal units
.
with meaning (monemes) and without meaning (phonemes)

Double articulation is an important feature of the linguistic sign. Thanks to it we can form words and messages from

words, in order to communicate verbally. It also allows us to differentiate verbal from non-verbal communication.

Monemas: It is formed by signs with meaning and signifier that are articulated with other signs of language to form
a message.

Examples with Monemas meaning:

Es-e Ca-chorr-o juga-ba con la niñ-ita

Es-a Ca-chorr-a juga-ba con el niñ-ito

Es-e Perr-o Jueg-a con el chic-o

Es-a Perr-a Jug-ó con la chic-a

Phonemes: They are meaningless units that are articulated together to form signs or words.

Example without meaning phonemes: In Spanish there are 22 phonemes:

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z.

F-a-r-m-a-c-i-a

A-n-t-o-n-i-o

C-o-l-e-g-i-o

C-a-r-p-e-t-a

C-o-m-p-u-t-a-d-o-r-a

T-e-l-é-f-o-n-o

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