来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论第6集第6集》

What happens is, in the course of a single generation,

实际情况是在一代人的时间里
they develop their own language.

他们创造出了属于自己的语言
They create a language

他们用丰富的语法语态和语音
with rich syntax and morphology and phonology,

创造出一种语言
terms that we'll understand in a few minutes.

我们马上会来讲这些术语的
And this language that they create is called a "Creole."

他们创造的这种语言被称为克利奥尔语
And languages that we know now as creoles,

而这些叫做克利奥尔语的语言
the word refers back to their history.

再次说明了它们的历史
That means that they were developed from pidgins.

就是说它们是由混杂语言发展而来的
And this is interesting because this suggests

这一点很有意思因为这表明
that to some extent

从某种程度上来说
the ability to use and understand and learn language

语言的使用理解以及学习能力