……换句话说：“读作‘dess-turb-uhd’，有三个元音！可不是那个根本没法念、难听死人的‘dess-turbd’！语言退化得简直太可怕了！”（想了解更多这类例子的话，Deutscher 的《The Unfolding of Language》里有一份极其搞笑的例子清单，甚至能追溯到公元前 46 年的 Cicero，他当时就在抱怨当代的发音比起过去的伟大雄辩家们退化得一塌糊涂。我敢肯定我……
…other words: “It’s ‘dess-turb-uhd’, with THREE vowels! Not that nasty word ‘dess-turbd’ which is impossible to pronounce! What a horrible degradation of the language!” (For more of this, Deutscher’s The Unfolding of Language contains a highly amusing list of examples dating all the way back to Cicero in 46 BC, who complains that the speech of his day was sadly degraded from the great orators of the past. I’m certain I’ve…
对这类东西感兴趣的人，Guy Deutscher 的书《The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention》读起来非常有趣！如果是更倾向于听觉学习的人，播客《The History of English》[0] 也很棒。顺便提一下，Great Vowel Shift（元音大推移）[1]……
For people interested in this kind of stuff, Guy Deutscher's book "The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention" is a fun read! As is the "The History of English" podcast [0], for the more aurally inclined. On a related note, the Great Vowel Shift [1] of the…
Guy Deutscher 写的《The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention》把这一点解释得很透彻，而且配了大量例子。作为一个语言学 noob，我觉得它太引人入胜了！
The book "The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention" by Guy Deutscher explains this very well and has numerous examples. As a language noob, I found it fascinating!
……要解释为什么古老语言的语法往往比现代语言更繁复精致，以及为什么英语随着时间推移比其他语言简化得更厉害。关于这个话题，我可以推荐《The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention》这本书。三言两语简短总结真的很难讲清楚。
…an explanation for is why older languages often have more elaborate and complex grammar than modern languages, and why English has simplified over time more than others. I can recommend the book The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention on that subject. It really can't be answered in a short summary.
……Inventions of Evolution、《A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons》、《Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery》、《Cosmicomics》、《Why Quark Rhymes with Pork》、《The Unfolding of Language》、《A Sand County Almanac》
…Inventions of Evolution A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Cosmicomics Why Quark Rhymes with Pork The Unfolding of Language A Sand County Almanac
……换句话说：“读作‘dess-turb-uhd’，有三个元音！可不是那个根本没法念、难听死人的‘dess-turbd’！语言退化得简直太可怕了！”（想了解更多这类例子的话，Deutscher 的《The Unfolding of Language》里有一份极其搞笑的例子清单，甚至能追溯到公元前 46 年的 Cicero，他当时就在抱怨当代的发音比起过去的伟大雄辩家们退化得一塌糊涂。我敢肯定我……
…other words: “It’s ‘dess-turb-uhd’, with THREE vowels! Not that nasty word ‘dess-turbd’ which is impossible to pronounce! What a horrible degradation of the language!” (For more of this, Deutscher’s The Unfolding of Language contains a highly amusing list of examples dating all the way back to Cicero in 46 BC, who complains that the speech of his day was sadly degraded from the great orators of the past. I’m certain I’ve…
对这类东西感兴趣的人，Guy Deutscher 的书《The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention》读起来非常有趣！如果是更倾向于听觉学习的人，播客《The History of English》[0] 也很棒。顺便提一下，Great Vowel Shift（元音大推移）[1]……
For people interested in this kind of stuff, Guy Deutscher's book "The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention" is a fun read! As is the "The History of English" podcast [0], for the more aurally inclined. On a related note, the Great Vowel Shift [1] of the…
Guy Deutscher 写的《The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention》把这一点解释得很透彻，而且配了大量例子。作为一个语言学 noob，我觉得它太引人入胜了！
The book "The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention" by Guy Deutscher explains this very well and has numerous examples. As a language noob, I found it fascinating!
想了解普通语言学的话推荐：Guy Deutscher 写的《The Unfolding of Language》。
For general linguistics: "The Unfolding of Language" by Guy Deutscher.
……要解释为什么古老语言的语法往往比现代语言更繁复精致，以及为什么英语随着时间推移比其他语言简化得更厉害。关于这个话题，我可以推荐《The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention》这本书。三言两语简短总结真的很难讲清楚。
…an explanation for is why older languages often have more elaborate and complex grammar than modern languages, and why English has simplified over time more than others. I can recommend the book The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention on that subject. It really can't be answered in a short summary.
……Inventions of Evolution、《A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons》、《Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery》、《Cosmicomics》、《Why Quark Rhymes with Pork》、《The Unfolding of Language》、《A Sand County Almanac》
…Inventions of Evolution A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Cosmicomics Why Quark Rhymes with Pork The Unfolding of Language A Sand County Almanac