QUESTION TEXT: Recent research shows that sound change (pronunciation shift) in a…
QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen
CONCLUSION: We have to get rid of sound change theory.
REASONING: One part of sound change theory was wrong (the classical account).
ANALYSIS: Why should we get rid of an entire theory, just because part of it was wrong?
The right answer shows that the entire theory was influenced by this corrupt element.
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- This shows why we need to get rid of the classical account. It doesn’t show why we must get rid of sound change theory in general.
- This explains how new sounds are formed. But it has nothing to do with whether we ought to discard an entire theory.
- Same as B. This is just a useless fact about how sound change can occur.
- CORRECT. This shows that sound change theory in general has been corrupted by the flawed classical account. It may be there’s nothing of value we can salvage.
- This shows it’s hard to research the early stages of languages. This doesn’t tell us to get rid of sound change theory.
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