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Stephen:
- Do you remember that I listened to a professor of
sociolinguistics from Arizona giving a talk about how
and why languages change over time?
Edward:
- Yes, I do. I also remember that you found it
breathtaking. It seems you now have negative
opinions about it.
Stephen:
- ----
Edward:
- That’s normal. Academic research, especially paper
presentations, can’t be so broad. You shouldn’t
expect a comprehensive discussion, but an in-depth
depiction of one aspect of a broad issue.
Which of the following alternatives best completes
the given dialogue?
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Yet, what fascinated me more than language change was the part that effectively addressed how sounds change. |
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The way he presented his ideas had distinctive characteristics such as drawing figures to make things clear for the audience and frequently asking opinions from the audience. |
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He highlighted that changes in morphology and syntax occur more slowly than those in meanings of words. |
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Yes, at first, I felt impressed, but as I listened to it again from his online blog, I found out that it was too specific. |
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I felt disappointed to learn that linguists reconstruct languages no longer spoken and account for the changes in language with dialect and register variation. |