The British are generally considered to be lazy linguists.

一般来讲英国人被认为是很懒惰的语言学习者。

This is largely because linguists, unlike laypeople, focus on grammar, not vocabulary.

这在很大程度上是因为语言学家与外行人不同，他们关注的是语法，而不是词汇。

I'm not a natural linguist in any way.

无论如何，我都不是天生的语言学家。

Richard Epstein is a linguist and professor at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.

理查德·爱泼斯坦是一位语言学家，也是罗格斯大学的一名教授。罗格斯大学位于新泽西州的肯顿。

A Russian foreign minister's statement described the accomplished linguist as an outstanding representative.

俄罗斯外交部长发表的一份声明称这位成就卓著的语言学家是杰出的代表。

But then you're not a linguist, are you, Tucker?

你不是语言学家吧，塔克？

The British are generally considered to be lazy linguists. We just don't bother to learn another language.

英国人通常被认为在学习外语方面比较懒惰。我们只是不想去学另一种语言。

Some linguists even suggest that all three may be dialects of the same language.

一些语言学家甚至提出，这三种语言可能都是某种相同语言的不同方言。

For years, linguists, grammar nerds, and pedants have battled over the Oxford comma.

多年来，语言学家、语法怪才和学究们一直在为牛津逗号争论不休。

But linguists who have compared languages systematically are struck by the opposite conclusion.

但是，对不同语言进行系统比较的语言学家却得出了相反的结论。

Some linguists even suggest that creaky young ladies are evolving our culture as linguistic innovators.

一些语言学家甚至认为这些活跃的年轻女士正如语言学创造者一样推动了文化的演变。

The linguists think these small changes document the very beginnings of a common accent.

语言学家认为这些微小变化记录了常见口音的开端。

I want to find what linguists place a great importance on.

我想找到语言学家们非常重视什么。

If you speak six languages you're a very good linguist — not just fairly good.

如果你会说六种语言，那你就是精通多国语言，非常优秀——不仅仅是还不错的程度。

University of Munich linguist Jonathan Harrington.

慕尼黑大学的语言学家乔纳森·哈林顿说到。

The linguists then analyzed the recordings-in particular, resonances: the way airflow shapes sound.

接下来，语言学家分析了录音，特别是共振：气流塑造声音的方式。

Thousands of distinct African words coming from various West African languages have been identified by linguists.

语言学家们已经辨认出数千个来自各种西非语言的确定无误的非洲文字。

But many linguists are strident anti-Chomskyans.

但许多语言学家是尖锐的反乔姆斯基主义者。

University of Texas, Austin linguist Justin Power.

得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的语言学家贾斯汀·鲍尔说到。

Linguists tend to avoid the term dialect altogether.

语言学家倾向于避免使用方言一词。