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

· 词的处理 ·

pattern / ˈpætn/ n. 样式，模式

independent / ˌindiˈpendənt / adj. 独立的

pathway / ˈpɑ:θwei / n. 路径

track / træk / vt. 跟踪，追踪

Whereas / ˌweərˈæz / adv. 然而

co-dependence /kəudi'pendəns/ 共生;相互依赖

word-order adj. 语序的，词序

· 句子翻译分析 ·

Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language changethat are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations.

译：乔姆斯基的语法本应体现不受语系树谱图或其演变路径影响的语言变化模式，而柏林伯格的普遍性理论可以推测出某些特殊语序关系之间有极强的相互依赖型。

【结构分析】

1. whereas之前的句子主干为主谓宾结构，即：Chomsky’s grammar /should show/ patterns of language change;

2. that are independent of the family tree or the pathway为定语从句修饰patterns of language change;tracked throught it为the pathway的后置定语，其中it 指代the family tree，the pathway tracked through it 译为：追踪语系树谱图的路径。

2. whereas之后的句子主干为主谓宾结构，即：Greenbergian university / predicts / strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations.