Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathwaytracked through it , whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order.

　　主干识别：Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change.

　　其他成分：that are independent of the family tree or the path way tracked through it

　　定语从句

　　whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order.

　　并列句

　　翻译点拨：词汇点拨：

　　Chomsky 乔姆斯基

　　Be independent of 不受… 的影响

　　family tree 谱系(根据上下文可以提示大家这里是指语言的)

　　Greenbergian格林堡式的(合成词)

　　universality普遍性

　　co-dependencies相互依存

　　whereas但是

　　成分的处理：

　　先翻主句：

　　Chomsky’sgrammar should show patterns of language change

　　乔姆斯基的语法应该显示出语言变化的模式

　　再将定语从句单独成句：

　　thatare independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it

　　这些模式不受语言谱系或贯穿谱系路径的影响;

　　whereasGreenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particulartypes of word-order

　　但是格林堡式的普遍性预测了特定的词序类型间紧密(strong)的依存性

　　(本文为文都考研英语名师何凯文老师空间同步文章，转载请注明来源。)