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Essential meaning association: for the headword ‘‘language’’, pick the choice that denotes its core building blocks from {tongue, slang, writing, words}.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: words

Explanation:

Identify what language fundamentally consists of, independent of medium or subset.

  • Prompt: language
  • Options: tongue, slang, writing, words

Concept/Approach
Choose the term that represents the elemental units of language rather than organs, registers, or modalities.
Step-by-Step evaluation
1) 'Words' are the basic lexical units composing phrases and sentences in language.2) 'Tongue' is a metaphor for language or a physical organ; not the building blocks.3) 'Slang' is a subset/register of words; not exhaustive or essential by itself.4) 'Writing' is a modality (written form) rather than the substance.
Verification/Alternative
Linguistic view: languages are systems of words (and grammar) used to convey meaning.
Common pitfalls
Confusing medium (writing) or metaphor (tongue) with the units (words).
Final Answer
words
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