評(píng)論
打印
This allows the parts to be joined together in different ways
這些部分可以按不同方式組合起來(lái)
to describe fruit the volunteers have never seen before,
用來(lái)描述實(shí)驗(yàn)者從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的水果
a crucial feature of human language.
這是人類(lèi)語(yǔ)言的一個(gè)重要特征
I think lahoki will be this one.
我覺(jué)得這個(gè)應(yīng)該叫"lahoki"
Got all five out of five right. Oh, good, excellent.
五道都做對(duì)了 真好 太棒了
The really striking thing that we've discovered
真正令我們驚訝的發(fā)現(xiàn)是
is that when we run these experiments
在這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的最終
what we get at the end looks like a real language,
我們得到的語(yǔ)言看起來(lái)像真正的語(yǔ)言
not one of the languages that we see in the world today
并不是當(dāng)今世界存在的語(yǔ)言
but it looks like a language in that it's got
但看起來(lái)像是門(mén)語(yǔ)言
those essential defining characteristics that we see in language.
擁有已存在的語(yǔ)言所具有的關(guān)鍵特征
In other words these languages that emerge
也就是說(shuō) 現(xiàn)在的語(yǔ)言都是
are made up of parts that can be recombined.
由可以重新排列組合的詞根構(gòu)成
This happens gradually, it happens without anyone knowing it
這是一個(gè)無(wú)人注意到的漸進(jìn)過(guò)程
and yet it is the exact feature of language that makes it unique,
就是這個(gè)特征讓語(yǔ)言這么獨(dú)一無(wú)二
makes language different from everything else we see in nature.
使得它不同于我們所見(jiàn)到的任何事物
