Read the passage and
identify the phenomenon each text or extract tells about. Choose
the phenomena from the list coming after the text.
Text 3
«So, the Brandon inscriptions provide a particularly striking
juxtaposition of the potential evidence for two traditions. And
since there is no longer reason to see the form of “j” as a solid
barrier between the worlds this group begins to reduce the notion
to the absurd. Moreover, it introduces a very simple, but
far-reaching, line of argument, for it is clearly not only at
Brandon that there is tangible evidence of close physical links
between book-learning and epigraphical… A significant proportion of
later inscriptions, for example, come from the monasteries of the
north-east coast. In these cases, moreover, there is less room for
doubt that the find-place gives a reliable guide to the status of…»