Displacement-ability of language users to refer to things remote in time and space, including things that do not exist, and events that never occurred.



































Morpheme- The smallest meaningful sequence of sounds in a language.



































Phoneme- The smallest meaningful units of sound in a language that do not make any difference in meaning.



































Signals- sound or gesture that has a natural or self-evident meaning



































Symbols- sounds or gestures that have meaning for a groups of people the cultural tradition gives it meaning.