No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

至少在西方世界,没有一种重要的民族语言具有完整的语法结构规律性,也没有一种逻辑范畴在语言象征意义上得到充分而一致的处理。

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When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.

当我决定认真对待写作时,我对自己喜欢的书进行了大量的阅读和分析,得出了我认为相当合理的情节和结构基础。

Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.

退休是一项正在进行的工作。我试着弄清楚我的每一天,而我对自己的了解是,我需要有条理。

The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore we must get a new language.

语言与刽子手步调一致。因此我们必须学一门新语言。

Metaphor is embodied in language.

隐喻体现在语言中。