There is no positive relationship between a speech and sound. This property of language is referred to as------
A)arbitrariness.
B)recursiveness
C)displacement
D)transference.

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The property of language that indicates there is no inherent connection between the sounds (signifiers) and the meanings (signified) is called arbitrariness. This means that the relationship between words and their meanings is not predictable or necessarily logical, but rather arbitrary and agreed upon by users of the language.

There Is No Positive Relationship Between a Speech and Sound