​The writing system came into being much （）than the spoken forms and that they only attempt to capture sounds and meaning on paper.

​The fact that children acquire spoken language before they are able to read or write also indicates that language is primarily （）.

Elements of （）are combined according to rules.

​The （）regard language as an activity which consists of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Every language contains two systems: a system of （）and a sysytem of meanings.

The structuralists regarded （）as an edifice or a well-defined object.

Language is （）because the primary medium for all languages is sound.

​There are two types of symbols can be identified: （）and auditory symbols.

Words are just （）and they are associated with objects, actions, ideas, etc. by convention.

The linguistic （） pen ​consists of the sound form /pen/ and its meaning implement for writing with ink.

（）is a feature of all languages that novel utterances are continually being created.

Of the design features, （）is a feature of all languages that novel utterances are continually being created.

（）can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of its users.

（）feature of human language is a framework proposed by the American linguist Charles Hockett.

The feature of （） can enable us to talk about things and places whose existence we cannot even be sure of.

By saying language is （）we mean that every language contains an infinite number of sentences, which. however, are generated by a small set of rules and a finite set of words.

（）is one of the defining properties of human language, which refers to the fact that human language can be used to talk about things that are present or not present, real or not real, and about matters in the past, present or future, or in far-away places.

The majority of linguistic expressions are in fact（）.

​Each sound in the language is thought of as（）.

​We have a （）view of the sounds of our language and wherever a pronunciation falls within the physically possible range of sounds, it will be interpreted as a linguistically specific and meaningfully distinct sound.