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Why can the same animal be called "dog" in English and "perro" in Spanish?
- The physical features of the animal determine which sounds are used in each language.
- The link between sound and meaning is arbitrary and is fixed only by the conventions of each speech community.
- Spanish speakers have misunderstood the original English word.
- Meaning is stored in the written letters rather than in shared use.
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Answer: B
Because no natural connection exists between the sounds and the animal, each community agrees on its own form. The options claiming the animal dictates the sounds, or that one language misunderstood another, ignore arbitrariness, and meaning being held in letters ignores that speech came first and depends on shared convention.
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