英语翻译

题目

英语翻译
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped.While it is
possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans,it is a fact established by
the study of “backward” languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today.Most
languages of uncivilized groups are,by our most severe standards,extremely complex.They differ
from Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures,which usually are
fully adequate for all language needs,but only in their vocabularies,which reflect the objects and
activities known to their speakers.Even in this aspect,two things are to be noted.First,all
languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion,either by putting together
words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their
own system.Second,the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in “backward”
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答案

人们曾经以为落后的语言组织不发达.然而,有一种可能,就是语言通常是以一系列的咕哝声和***声开始的,“落后”语言的研究建立了一个这样的事实：今天没有口头语言回答 那个描述.按照我们的严格标准,作为传递思想的工...