Because his work concentrates on the nineteenth century, McLaughlin unfortunately overlooks earlier sources of influence, such as eighteen-century White resident traders and neighbors, thus (i)_____the relative impact of the missionaries of the 1820s in contributing to both acculturation and resistance to it among the Cherokee. However, McLaughlin is (ii)_____in recognizing that culture is an ongoing process rather than (iii)_____, and he has made a significant contribution to our understanding of how Cherokee culture changed while retaining its essential identity after confronting the missionaries.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
A.obscuring	D.polemic	G.a static entity
B.enuciating	E.ambivalent	H.a complicated construction
C.rectifying	F.correct	I.correct