Seminar 1: comparative typology as a branch of linguistic typology exercise 1: Identify the differences and similarities of linguistic and non-linguistic typology by using Venn Diagram Answer

SEMINAR 1: COMPARATIVE TYPOLOGY AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
Exercise 1: Identify the differences and similarities of linguistic and non-linguistic typology by using Venn Diagram
Answer:
Difference: Sometimes one can communicate in even more than one language, whereas the choices are limited for a non-linguistic communicator, such as, facial expressions, signs and gestures, movements of hands etc. Linguistic" means pertaining to language. "Nonlinguistic" means not using language. Nonlinguistic communication is the imparting of information without using language. ... Gestures, written symbols, or voice sounds don't constitute "language" unless they take place within a language framework.
Similarities: Both of them are types of typology.
Exercise 2: Complete the scheme of Comparative typology by defining its main points

Answer:
Subject matter: “A branch of linguistics which studies thestructural similarities between languages, regardlessof their history, as part of an attempt to establisha satisfactory classification or typology oflanguages.
Aim: identifying such similarities and distinctive features of languages that do not depend on genetic origin or influence of languages to one another.
Definition: Comparative typology is one of the branches of General Linguistics. It deals with comparison of languages irrespectively of their genetic or structural identity

Exercise 3: Examples on linguistic and non-linguistic typologies. Using the terms from the box below, fill in the gaps. The same term can be used more than one.
1)____linguistic typology____is the analysis, comparison, and classification of languages according to their common structural features and forms.
2) "The branch of linguistics that "studies the structural similarities between languages, regardless of their history, as part of an attempt to establish a satisfactory classification, or typology, of languages" is known as ___linguistic typology. ____
3)_____antrphological typology______division of culture by races
4)____archeological typology____classification of artefacts according to their characteristics
5) _____psychological typology______ a model of personality types
6)___psychalogical typology_____ classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people
7) ___ statistical typology________ a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences

Linguistic typology, anthropological typology, archeological typology, psychological typology, statistical typology

Exercise 4: Answer the following questions.

1. 
   What is the difference between CT and LC?
   

Linguistic comparison deals with identifying universal principles ofthecomparative description of the systems of national languages. Literary criticism establishes general principles of typological description of national literature;

2. 
   What are some other terms referring to CT?
   

Linguistic comparison