许多语言学家就是这样看待语言的。
这些理论现已大多受到语言学家的质疑。
在语言学家内部当然也有相互斗争的派别。
Within the profession of linguists there are, of course, fighting factions.
正如一位语言学家曾经说过的那样:“你可以让人们认为这是无稽之谈,但同时你又会相信它。”
As a linguist once said, "You can get people to think it's nonsense at the same time that you buy into it."
正如一位语言学家曾经说过的那样:“你可以让人们认为它是无稽之谈,但同时你又对它深信不疑。”
As a linguist once said, "You can get people to think it's nonsense at the same time that you buy into it. “
卡明斯大胆地试验了这一原则,他吸引了语言学家的注意,尤其是一位名叫戴尔·海姆斯的语言学家。
Cummings boldly experimented with this principle, and he attracted the attention of the linguists, particularly a linguist named Dell Hymes.
然而,本世纪初的其他语言学家不那么热衷于处理来自“异国”语言的奇异数据,他们并不总是如此感激。
Other linguists in the earlier part of this century, however, who were less eager to deal with bizarre data from "exotic" language, were not always so grateful.
然而,本世纪初的其他语言学家不那么热衷于处理来自“异国”语言的奇异数据,他们并不总是如此感激。
Other linguists in the earlier part of this century, however, who were less eager to deal with bizarre data from "exotic" language, were not always so grateful.
原始印欧语是一门经过重构得出的语言,也就是说,这就是语言学家总结出梵语、拉丁语和希腊语的母系语言的样子。
Proto-Indo-European is a reconstructed language, meaning, it is what linguists concluded a parent language of Sanskrit, Latin and Greek would have to be like.
1941年去世的美国语言学家本杰明·李·沃尔夫认为,每种语言都蕴含着一种世界观,这种世界观会对使用者产生重大影响。
Benjamin Lee Whorf, an American linguist who died in 1941, held that each language encodes a worldview that significantly influences its speakers.
1958年,中国语言学家周有光和他的团队设计了拼音。
In 1958, pinyin was designed by Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang and his team.
语言学家们在每年的10月16日庆祝他的生日。
语言学家认为,在大多数人关心政治自由的时候,它帮助一个新国家实现了统一和文化独立。
Linguists believed it helped a new country achieve unity and cultural independence at a time when most people cared about political freedom.
他是个语言学家。
萨卡什维利已与荷兰语言学家桑德拉·罗洛夫斯结婚
关于其语义特征,一些语言学家认为“-men”在人称代词后是复数标记。
Concerning the semantic formula of -men, some linguists posit that -men is a plural marker in pronouns.
艾蒂安·多莱特是一位语言学家。
这就是语言学家们所研究的内容。
语言学家们尚未给出一个明确答案。
“我已经决定成为一名语言学家,”他写到。
对语言学家来说,变化是惟一应该遵循的规则。
回答:“对”和“错”不是语言学家使用的词。
如果我是语言学家?
要寻找新的研究主题,一些语言学家只须打开前门。
To find new subjects of study, some linguists simply open their front doors.
很多语言学家提出,我们在未来将使用双语甚至三语。
Many linguists suggest that the future facing us is bilingual or even trilingual.
语言学家常说汉语是一门偏向于动词的语言。
Linguists often describe Chinese as a language that goes heavy on verbs.
表1定义了语言学家和专业翻译人员使用的一些常用术语。
Table 1 defines a few of the common terms used by linguists and translation specialists.
语言学家们说,有时候,语码转换甚至是在无意中发生的。
他们是专业的语言学家,他们否认有正确的写作方式这回事。
They are the professional linguists, who deny that there is such a thing as correctness.
他们是专业的语言学家,他们否认有正确的写作方式这回事。
They are the professional linguists, who deny that there is such a thing as correctness.
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