问题
填空题
The generative linguist is interested not only in ______ language but also in explaining language. In other words, they attempt to find the what as well as the why in the study of language.
答案
参考答案：describing
解析： 生成语言学家不仅对语言的描述感兴趣，也对语言的解释感兴趣。换言之，他们试图在语言研究中找到语言学习的内容和语言学习的原因。