Exercise 1.

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II. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

Exercise 6.

Exercise 5.

Exercise 4.

AFTER READING THE TEXT

Find the linguistic terms which are new for you and write them down.

Discuss the new terms with your partner and decide what terms are the key ones in the text.

Find the following parts of sentences in the text and explain how you understand them: leave nothing to be desired, throws unexpected light, is destined to be of great assistance, to contribute very much to, have not penetrated very deeply into, are as yet too little aware of, is destined to have a very special value for, are densely overlaid by, stand aloof behind a tradition, underlying unconsciousness, discipline deal­ing with, increasingly concerned with.

Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.

1.There are many who would be dis­posed … ……… the psychological necessity of the regularity of sound change.

2. It is difficult for a modern linguist … ………. himself to his traditional subject matter.

3.Many cul­tural objects and ideas have been ……….. in connection with their terminology.

4. In ordinary life the basic symbolisms of behav­ior are densely ……….. by cross-functional patterns of a bewildering variety.

5. There seem to be two facts which are responsible for the persistent tendency … …….. linguistic data from a biological point of view.

6. They must become increasingly concerned with the many an­thropological, sociological, and psychologi­cal problems which …………. the field of language.