A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally, we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.
词汇:
race/n.种族
primitive/adj.原始的
uncivilized/adj.不开化的,落后的
complexity/n.复杂性,复杂现象
nonsense/n.胡说,没有根据的话
extensive/adj.广泛的
vocabulary/n.词汇
练习:
1. In the second paragraph the author thinks that
A.some backward race doesnt have a language of its own.
B.some race in history didnt possess a language of its own.
C.any human race,whether backward or not,has a language.
D.some races on earth call communicate without language.
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