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entia

6. A linguist recently argued that all human languages must have a common origin because some concepts are universal; that is they appear in all languages. For example, all languages are capable of describing lightness and darkness. Which one of the following, if true would most seriously weaken the argument? (A) The Burmese language does not contain basic nouns like automobile and airplane. (B) No one linguist could possibly speak all known languages. (C) All speakers, regardless of their languages are confronted with similar stimuli like lightness and darkness. (D) The similarity between human language and dolphin language has not been attributed to a common origin. (E) Some languages include concepts of which speakers of other languages are not even aware.

答案是ｃ但是我选了ｄ。ｄ正好反对了任何语言都有共性但不同源

lawyer_1

原文说的可是all human languages 。这个dolphin 不能算Human吧

Bensontuo

entia 发表于 2004-12-8 12:47
6. A linguist recently argued that all human languages must have a common origin because some concep ...

If human languages ---> common origin because concepts are universal as appeared in all languages.

Languages ---> able to describe both lightness and darkness ---> concepts are universal as appeared in all languages ---> languages  must shared common origin.


If all languages able to describe both light and dark, languages must be shared common origin. ( Necessary assumption )

What C said is without the ability to speak, you can still tell the differences between dark and light, and if it is true, being able to tell light from dark is not sufficient enough for guaranteeing all the languages must be sharing the same origins.