pathbreaking

Engaging and original, this book offers a pathbreaking new account of language acquisition, varia- tion and change.

极具权威和原始，这本书独辟蹊径地提供了语言获得、变异和改变的新途径。

He was brilliant—a prodigy who graduated from Yale at 18, a pathbreaking scholar and a devoted and generous teacher.

一个18岁就从耶毕业的天才，一个有着拓精神的学者和一个专注慷慨的教师。