The British are generally considered to be lazy linguists.

一般来讲英国人被认为是很懒惰语习者。

I'm not a natural linguist in any way.

无论如何，我都不是天生语家。

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

理查德·爱泼斯坦是一位语家，也是罗格斯大一名教授。罗格斯大位于新泽西州肯顿。

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

俄罗斯外交部长发表一份声明称这位成就卓著语家是杰出代表。

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

你不是语家吧，塔克？

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

如果你会说种语，那你就是精通多国语，非常优秀——不仅仅是还不错程度。

University of Munich linguist Jonathan Harrington.

慕尼黑大语家乔纳森·哈林顿说到。

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

这在很大程度上是因为语家与外行人不同，他们关注是语法，而不是词汇。

University of Texas, Austin linguist Justin Power.

得克萨斯大奥斯汀分校语家贾斯汀·鲍尔说到。

Linguists tend to avoid the term dialect altogether.

语家倾向于避免使用方一词。

Linguists say guys now uptalk, too.

语家们表示男生现在也掌握了这种技能。

Linguists love to argue about it.

语家喜欢争论这个问题。

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习外语方面比较懒惰。我们只是不想去另一种语。

Linguists give vowels names to make it easier to talk about them.

语家为很多元音字母命了名，以此来方便讨论。

As a linguist, I'm interested in how language functions generally.

作为一位语家，我对语整体作用原理很感兴趣。

But many linguists are strident anti-Chomskyans.

但许多语家是尖锐反乔姆斯基主义者。

I am a linguist, not a lawyer, but I disagree with her.

我是一名语家，不是律师，但我不同意她观点。

Linguists who take this approach to language place great importance on grammatical blank.

采取这种语方法语家非常重视语法什么。

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

多年来，语家、语法怪才和究们一直在为牛津逗号争论不休。

Linguists have found that when we disagree it often goes in steps.

语家发现，当我们意见不一致时，通常是循序渐进。