That was because his hypothesis was that if linguistic evolution is jerky, the jerks will happen at the points where languages split-the equivalent of species splits in biological evolution.

因为他假设语言的进化是不平稳的，这种“颠簸”发生在语言的分叉点上——如同在生物进化上的物种分化。

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In ancient times, Arabic, Greek and Latin were international languages at different points in time.

在古代，阿拉伯语、希腊语和拉丁语是不同时期的国际语言。

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The points, lines, planes are form languages to express the external Spaces. In the whole space shape is embodied these elements.

点、线、面表达建筑外部空间造型的形式语言，空间的整体造型是这些形式的凝结与汇聚。

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The model closely fits some languages and points correctly to some details.

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That was because his hypothesis was that if linguistic evolution is jerky, the jerks will happen at the points where languages split the equivalent of species splits in biological evolution.

ECONOMIST: Linguistic evolution: Received pronunciation | The