Language is a system of symbols based on relations, among which syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations are the most universal and important ones.

语言是一个以关系为基础的符号系统，而横组合和纵聚合关系是这个系统中最普遍、最核心的关系。

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The values which emanate from the system of differences in langue are a system of contextualizing relations, i. e. , syntagmatic and associative relations.

语言差别系统中产生的价值是一个语境化关系即句段关系和联想关系构成的系统。

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