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However, the core linguistic features have not varied: the syntax, the morphology and the segmental phonology are the same. The characteristics of more nonpropositional and automatic language then are invariance of production and nonsegmental-holistic construction. Notwithstanding, not all such language is devoid of meaning, and is therefore perhaps inappropriately termed ´nonpropositional´; expressions of pain, emotion and feeling, for instance, are high in expressive significance. Many nonpropositional communications, such as social greetings, have a major pragmatic function.
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