It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

对历史学家和其他人来说,能够看到不同现象的最常见的形式是很有用的,无论是语音的、形态的还是其他的,以及语言如何生存、继续和随着时间的推移而变化。

相关名言

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

我不是政治家。我是一名历史学家,通过毕生的研究,我认识到,世界上没有什么比普及教育更好。

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.

离别是家庭生活中最有用的元素之一,正确地对待它是一门艺术,就像其他艺术一样。

I wanted to do different movies. I wanted to do deeper movies. More human movies based on human feelings.

我想拍不同的电影。我想拍更深层次的电影。更多基于人类情感的人类电影。

I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.

我是工人。我只是碰巧在正确的时间出现,没有人想要这份工作。

For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.

对于你所扮演的每一个不同的角色,有不同的挑战是很好的。

But in my mind, i'm having a pretty good time with you.

但在我看来,我和你在一起很开心。

I like being mistaken for someone useful.

我喜欢被误认为是有用的人。

I'm a historian in my own mind.

在我看来,我是个历史学家。