linguist 語言學(xué)家
controversialist 爭論者
conservative 保守的
triumph 勝利
counter-culture 反文化
In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and why We should, Like, Care,?John Mcwhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
在這個人最新的這本書中，這個人士一位語言學(xué)家，自由和保守思想兼?zhèn)渖朴谵q論的一個人相赁，他將二十世紀六十年代反文化的運動的勝利看做是正式英語的衰退涂圆。
academic 學(xué)術(shù)的
speciality 專業(yè)
regrettable 令人遺憾的
loss 損失窗宦，消失
case-ending 詞格尾綴
Mr Mcwhorter’s academic speciality is language history and change, and?he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example,?to be natural and no more regrettable?than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.
語言的歷史和語言的改變，舉個例子，他把"WHOM"這個單詞看做是非常自然的并不比古典的詞格尾綴的消失讓人遺憾。
