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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.
句子拆分
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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.
结构解析
（1）本句主干为John McWhorter......sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English，说明John McWhorter观点：“20世纪60年代反文化运动的胜利”是“正式英语退化”的原因；
（2）in his latest book....作状语，说明这一点的出处；
（3）a linguist and....为同位语，对John McWhorter的身份进行说明。
技巧点拨
（1）in his latest book作为句子的地点状语；of 1960s counter-culture为介词短语作the triumph的后置定语。of formal English为介词短语作the decline的后置定语；
（2）书名Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care作his latest book 的同位语。
参考译文
约翰·麦荷特——不仅是语言学家，而且是一位混杂着自由派与保守派观点的善辩者——在其新书《做我们自己的事：语言和音乐的退化，以及为什么我们应该，呃，在意》中认为，20世纪60年代反文化运动的胜利是导致正式英语衰落的主要原因。
