The four characteristics that all languages have in common are:
a pattern of
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a collection of
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a system of word
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and the elements of
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The four characteristics that all languages have in common are:
a pattern of
syntactic structure
a collection of
phonemes or recognizable sounds
a system of word
lexical items or vocabulary
and the elements of
semantics or meaning