By "difficult," it is meant, I think, well, first of all that it is in some sense set apart from common speech, as a specialized and highly self-conscious use of language.

艰深“的意思，我认为，首先，某种程度上它是和平时谈话有所不同的，专业性极强，对语言运用自知也很高。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Well, I am a Linguistics major, so I do a lot of research and kind of focus a lot of my studies on acquiring language.

我是语言学专业的，所以做了很多专注于语言习得的研究。

英语学习技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In fact, language is sufficiently interesting that, unlike most other things I'll talk about in this class, there is an entier field devoted to this study the field of linguistics that is entirely devoted to studying the nuances and structures of different languages.

事实上,语言是非常有意思的,与本门课上探讨的其他主题不同,对它的研究形成了一个完整的专业,即语言学专业,这个专业致力于研究各种语言的,细微差异及其结构

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

My major is Linguistics and Anthropology.

我的专业是语言学和人类学。

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