LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
STRUCTURALISM
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Question
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Literariness
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Systematicity
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Arbitrariness
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Relationality
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arbitrariness is the quality of being “determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle". It is also used to refer to a choice made without any specific criterion or restraint.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arbitrariness in human language refers to the fact that the meaning of linguistic signs is not predictable from its word form, nor is the word form dictated by its meaning/function. It is not possible to deduce the underlying meaning from its word form.
Detailed explanation-3: -Language is said to be the arbitrary vocal symbol. This implies that language consists of speech sounds (e.g., sounds produced by using speech organs) based on the social agreement or convention. A certain word has a meaning because of the language users have given it.