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试题要求:

Chomsky's grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it, whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations.

试题解析:
答案:

乔姆斯基的语法应该表明语言变化的模式,这些模式独立于语言谱系或是该谱系所生成的路径,然而格林伯格的普遍性理论则预言在特定词序位置关系之间有着紧密的依附关系。

解析:

| 考点 | 并列句、定语从句
| 解析 | 本句是由 whereas 连接的两个分句,表示转折关系。第一个分句的主干 Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change,后面 that 引导的定语从句修饰 patterns,定语从句较长,可以拆开来单独翻译;第二个分句中 between particular types of word-order relations 作后置定语,修饰 co-dependencies。family tree 可以理解为语言“家谱”,翻译为“语言的谱系”,the pathway tracked through it 中,it 指代 family tree。

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