Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

  • -- Avram Noam Chomsky 乔姆斯基

人类语言似乎是一种独特的现象,在动物界没有明显的相似之处。

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If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.

如果你想看看人类的状态,你应该先看看动物的状态。人们正在选择是否可以喂养动物和他们的家人。海岸到海岸的每个庇护所都挤满了人。

When you see a goat you should always hit him, because he is either going into mischief or coming out of it.

当你看到一只山羊时,你应该经常打它,因为它要么正在胡闹,要么正在出来。

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

我语言的极限就是我思想的极限。我所知道的就是我的语言。

Metaphor is embodied in language.

隐喻体现在语言中。