语言学家说,英语是世界上最怪异的语言之一
英语“怪异”吗?当我们试图向学英语的人解释复杂的语言拼写规则或者像“it 's raining cats and dogs(下瓢泼大雨)”等俚语的意思时,很多人可能会觉得英语确实很怪。然而,教授或学习任何一门语言都并非易事。
Dr. Adam Schembri is based in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK. He completed a Ph.D. in linguistics at the University of Sydney in 2002.
英语“怪异”吗?当我们试图向学英语的人解释复杂的语言拼写规则或者像“it 's raining cats and dogs(下瓢泼大雨)”等俚语的意思时,很多人可能会觉得英语确实很怪。然而,教授或学习任何一门语言都并非易事。
Is English “weird”? Many of us might feel this is true when we’re trying to explain the complex spelling rules of the language, or the meanings of idioms such as “it’s raining cats and do...