Psychology GCSE
Grammar and rule-governed combination
What Grammar and rule-governed combination means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Humans combine words by rules that change meaning, whereas animal communication generally lacks comparable combinatorial grammar.
Topics that use Grammar and rule-governed combination
- Language, thought and communication (AQA GCSE)
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