He learned Dutch-- and Dutch is a very difficult language-- in 1696, while the Turkish war went on, or one of them he went off to Western Europe incognito as an embassy soldier.

他学会了荷兰语,荷兰语是很复杂的,在1696年,当土耳其战争发生的时候,或者其中一次战争时,他以一名大使馆军人的身份匿名去了西欧

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

So, what I want to do is, I want to discuss the scientific notion of language, at first restricting myself to systems like English and Dutch and American sign language and Navajo and so on.

因此,我想做的是,我想来谈谈语言的科学定义,首先我会将自己限定在,诸如英语,荷兰语,美国手语,或迪瓦霍语等语言系统之下

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

When I'm talking about language I'm meaning systems like English and Dutch and Warlpiri and Italian and Turkish and Urdu and what we've seen and heard right now in class in the demonstration that preceded the formal lecture.

当我谈到语言时,我指的是诸如英语,荷兰语,沃皮利语,意大利语,土耳其语,乌尔都语这样的语言系统,以及我们在正式上课之前的课堂演示中,所看到和听到的语言系统

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

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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