A friend asks you which three books you would take if you knew you were going to be marooned on a desert island for a year. Because language has the characteristic of _____, you are able to have a meaningful conversation about the topic, even though you're not really marooned on a desert island.
A) displacement
B) generativity
C) syntax
D) linguistic relativity

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Displacement is the characteristic of language that allows us to talk about things that are not present or events that are not currently happening, enabling us to discuss hypothetical situations like being marooned on a desert island.

A Friend Asks You Which Three Books You Would Take