Emily created a new sentence that neither she nor anybody else had ever heard before: "The chinless human-factors-interface-technician roamed the halls of academia looking for a lobotomized bureaucrat to interface with." This example most clearly illustrates the _____ of language.
A)generative property
B)symbolic nature
C)syntactical properties
D)displacement aspects

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The generative property of language refers to the ability of language to create new and unique sentences that have never been uttered before. The sentence in question is a clear example of this property, as Emily created a sentence that she and nobody else had ever heard before. The other properties listed (symbolic nature, syntactical properties, displacement aspects) do not specifically relate to the creation of new sentences.

Emily Created a New Sentence That Neither She nor Anybody