来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》
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the psychology and cognitive science of language.所面临的难题 -
Well, let's start with an interesting claim我以达尔文提出的 -
about language made by Charles Darwin.一个有趣的语言观点来作为开始 -
So, Darwin writes,查尔斯·达尔文写到 -
"Man has an instinctive tendency to speak,"人类拥有说话的本能倾向 -
as we see in the babble of our young children,我们会看到幼儿含糊吐字 -
while no child has an instinctive tendency然而儿童却并不具有烘焙 -
to bake, brew or write."酿酒或是写作的本能倾向" -
And what Darwin is claiming here,达尔文在此所表达的观点 -
and it's a controversial and interesting claim,极具争议而又非常有趣 -
is that language is special这个观点认为 语言之所以特殊 -
in that there's some sort of propensity or capacity or instinct是因为总有某些倾向 能力或本能