That is to say, it is not a system of signs understood as stable relationships between a concept world and a world of signifying.

也就是说，它不是一个符号系统，这个符号系统被理解为,概念世界和指示世界间的稳定的关系。

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this is what I get paid to do and it's this type of signifying gap that compels us as literary critics to dive in and to begin to explore.

这就是我被付薪水去干的事,正是这种重要的缺口,迫使我们像文学评论家般去潜心钻研。

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Things could not have set about signifying progressively.

东西不可能慢慢的找到自己的代表。

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