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Convention
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Definition: Something that is established, commonly agreed upon, or operating in a certain way according to common practice. When an arbitrary relationship of a linguistic sign and its meaning is conventionalized, the linguistic sign bears a constant relationship only because people consistently use that linguistic sign to convey that meaning.
Source: Language Files, eleventh edition, edited by Vedrana Mihalicek and Christin Wilson
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