Ingliz tili ikkinchi fakulteti

Exercise 3. Read and fill the gaps with the given words below.
Languages, typological, nation, were, romantics, formed

The problem of the type language was firstly discussed by ……..…, the

representators of romanticism which was……….. at the end of XVIII and in the
beginning of XIX century. Romantics considered that ―the spirit of the ……….‖

may be displayed in myth in art, literature and in the language. V.Gumbold began to examine the types of the …..…….. as a display of ―the spirit of the nation‖. The

division of the languages to flaxsive and affix by the German linguist Fridrih Shlegel was the first attempt to create atypological classification of the language. From the history of linguistic studies, such ……….…. classification of languages

offered by August William, V.Gumbold, A.Shleyher, G.Steyntal, F.Misteli and other linguists were …………. Now topologists are trying to find the ways of

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creating amore informative classification of the languages like periodical systems of Mendeleyev.

Exercise 4. Round table discussion. Work in six mini groups and discuss these problems. In 10 minutes present your topic, after all, they make anoverall conclusion.

Linguistic and

non-Linguistic
typology as
different
phenomena

Two main types of

classification of

world languages

Comparative

Typology
according to the
subject of

comparison

Types of
approaches to

language

description

Comparative

Typology
according to two

plans of language

Comparative

Typology
according to the
levels of language

hierarchy

Exercise 5. Work in pairs. Discuss your opinions about types of language comparison. Make your own diagram to the following table. Present it to another team and complete it with new ideas.