► SEMINAR 3.

DIVISION OF THE LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY WITH

RESPECT TO THE OBJECT OF INVESTIGATION

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the main types of typology?
2. Characteristic features of genetic typology: genetic, diachronic and genetic
synchronic typologies.
3. What languages does areal typology study? Speak about the main specific features.
4. What are the main criteria, which characterize comparative typology?
5. Speak about structural typology as one of the basic branches of linguistic typology.
6. What does the term "linguistic universals" mean? Speak about its historic
development.

Exercise 2. Complete the following definitions with the types of typology

from the box:

Comparative typology Genetic typology Areal typology Structural

typology

1. is a branch of linguistics that studies (using the

methods of linguistic geography) distribution of linguistic phenomena
in the spatial extent and interlingual (interdialectic) interaction.
2. is one of the branches of General Linguistic
typology. It deals with comparison of languages irrespectively of their
genetic or structural identity.
3. is a branch of linguistic typology, which studies
the similarities, and differences of originally related languages.
4. is the major branch of Linguistic typology and
aims to identify structural language types.

Exercise 3. Circle the correct answer.

1. Who said that Areal typology compares languages irrespectively of the

degree of their relatedness and aims at defining general elements
formed as a result of themutual influence of languages and the cultures
staying behind them?
a. V.K.Ghak
 b. D.J.Buranov
c. Yu.V.Rojdestvenskiy
d. M.M.Guhman
2. What are the objects of study of Areal typology?
a. borrowings, bi-lingual features, hybrid languages, language contacts
b. dialects, centum/satem languages, compiling dialectal maps
c. sub-stratum and super-stratum languages, neologisms, archaisms
d. all answers are true
3. What does Areal typology study?
a. dialects and restrictions of dissemination of separate
features in the systems of related and non-related languages,
theconfluence of different languages
b. dialects and restrictions of dissemination of separate
features in the systems of related and non-related languages
c. dialects, centum/satem languages, compiling dialectal maps
d. sub-stratum and super-stratum languages, neologisms, archaisms
4. What does Comparative Typology deal with?
a. With distribution of linguistic phenomena in the spatial
extent and interlingua (interdialectic) interaction
b. with the similarities, and differences of originally related languages
c. With the aims of identifying structural language types
d. with acomparison of languages irrespectively of their
genetic or structural identity
5. What is the goal of Structural Typology?
a. To include discrete sound segments like p, n, or a, which
can be defined by a finite set of sound properties or
features
b. to identify structural language types
c. identifying common/similar features specific to systems
of all or separate language groups
d. to identify universal features of langauges