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Human language is different from other semiotic systems, explain at least three
characteristics, that according to Linguistics, are unique to human language.

The double joint: It refers to the procedure that the human being performs
unconsciously. The first articulation refers to the monemes or morphemes and the

decoding that is done to understand a message. The second articulation comprises the
decomposition of the monemes into their constituent phonemes.

Double articulation is an aspect of linguistic articulation that consists of the emission
of significant signs (words or sentences) by means of the emission of units that in

themselves lack meaning.

Productivity: is the ability to build new signs from smaller units. That is to say, it is the
capacity so that with a finite number of words an infinite number of sentences can be
formed.

Specialization: When we speak, the organs involved are only dedicated to speech,
although they have other complementary uses. The speaking organs only speak, the
other organs function equally and this property is common to humans and bees.

Displacement: language allows us to tell past things, things that are neither in space
nor in time. Language allows us to say things that are not true. This property is only
present in humans.

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