Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic uzbekistan state world languages university

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classification of languages 
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other linguists were 
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creating amore informative classification of the languages like periodical systems 
of Mendeleyev. 
 
Exercise #2. Try to find English words which are connected with “typology” 
from the table below.
 
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Seminar 2 
Comparative typology as a branch of General 
Linguistics 

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►Classroom activities
 
Exercise #1. Round table 
discussi
on. Work in six mini groups and discuss 
these problems. In 10 minutes present your topic, after all, they make 
anoverall conclusion.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise #2. 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. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Types of approaches to 
language description 
Linguistic and non-
Linguistic typology as 
different phenomena 
Two main types of 
classification of world 
languages 
Comparative Typology 
according to two plans of 
language 
Comparative Typology 
according to the subject of 
comparison 
Comparative Typology 
according to the levels of 
language hierarchy 

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Exercise #3a. Draw a picture, which comes to your mind about genetic 
typology for the following table. 
 
 
 
 
 
3b. Present your picture to the group. Explain why do you think so? 
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Home activities
Exercise #1. Complete the following definitions with the types of typology 
from the box: 
Comparative typology Genetic typology Areal typology Structural 
typology 

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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 #2. 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