pathbreaking

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

极具权威性原始性，这本书独辟蹊径地提供了语言获、改的新途径。

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

他那么优秀出色：一个18岁从耶鲁毕业的天才，一个有着开拓精神的一个专注慷慨的教师。