Modularity- Language is in distinct modules in the mind that are separate from other brain
processes.
Discretness- Instead of language just being one stream of sound it is divided into units.
Constituency- language organizes basic units into constituents to form complex sentence
structures.
Recursion and Productivity- Recursion allows an infinite amount of rules to be applied and
productivity allows the nonfinite number of new sentences that we can understand.
Arbitrariness- There is not a direct relationship between a words sound and it’s meaning.
Reliance on Context- The interpretation and meaning of words heavily depends on contextual
factors.
Variability- Language varies in many ways such as dialect, age, the way someone talks in
general, etc.