Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

  • -- Roman Jakobson 罗曼·雅各布森

语音不能被理解、划分、分类和解释,除非根据它们在语言中所执行的任务。

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You think you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s only some bugger with a torch bringing you more work.

你以为你能看到隧道尽头的光明,但那只是一些拿着手电筒给你带来更多工作的混蛋。

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.

因为光比声音传播得快,所以有些人在你听到他们说话之前看起来很明亮。

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

一个人的出生地的口音就像他的讲话一样,留在他的头脑和心里。

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

他知道沉默的谎言和言语的谎言一样邪恶。