So, for instance, one example is there's no language in the world that ever constructs a question by switching the order of words around in a sentence.

举例来说,世界上并没有语言能够通过,改变句子中词的顺序,来构成疑问句

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We know there has to be some effect of the environment shaping language, obviously, because in order to know English you have to have heard English, in order to know Dutch you have had to heard, to--had to have learned and heard Dutch.

我们知道,很明显某些环境作用,塑造了语言,因为要理解英语,你必须听过英语,要理解荷兰语,你必须学过和听过荷兰语

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