If you call the container in which you carry your lunch a bag and your roommate calls the container in which he transports lunch a sack,you are demonstrating that
A) words are context bound.
B) words are culturally bound.
C) words have denotative meaning.
D) words are arbitrary.

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Words are arbitrary means that the association between the word and its meaning is not fixed or necessary but rather decided upon by users of the language. In this case, "bag" and "sack" both refer to a container for carrying lunch, showing that the specific word used can vary arbitrarily among different people or regions.

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