Language learning therefore seems to develop by linking linguistic forms to universal, pre-existing representations of sound and meaning.

所以语言学习似乎涉及将语言形式与事先存在的对声音和意义的表述联系起来。

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By producing vast quantities of it, backed by no real economic activity, it has reduced the meaning and value of each new and pre-existing ticket.

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The broader health care reform also had a personal meaning for Tullman, particularly regarding the elimination of pre-existing conditions.

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