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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.

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.

• pathway [ˈpɑːθweɪ] n. 路，道；途径，路径；神经通路
• co-dependency  [ˌkoʊdɪˈpendənsi] 互相依赖；依赖共生关系

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.

本句是由并列连词 whereas 连接的并列句，that 后的动词是 are，所以该定语从句不修饰 change，而是修饰其前面的复数名词 patterns，翻译时要指代出来。其中，tracked through it 做后置定语，修饰 the pathway。Whereas 后的分句中，介词短语 between… 做后置定语，修饰前面的名词co-dependencies。

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.

乔姆斯基的语法应该显示出语言变化的模式，这些模式并不受语言谱系或贯穿谱系路径的影响，而格林堡的普遍性则预言了特定的语法词序关系类型之间所存在的紧密互依性。