As we'll discuss later, the language that gets used with these things is very interesting.

我们今后会讨论,描述食物的语言也非常有趣

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Well, let's start with an interesting claim about language made by Charles Darwin.

我以达尔文提出的,一个有趣的语言观点来作为开始

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If language can refer to just about everything from English to traffic signals, then we're not going to be able to find interesting generalizations or do good science about it.

如果语言能够表示一切,从英语到交通信号,那我们就无法得出各种有趣的概论,或是无法对语言进行科学的研究

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And what Darwin is claiming here, and it's a controversial and interesting claim, is that language is special in that there's some sort of propensity or capacity or instinct for language unlike the other examples he gives.

达尔文在此所表达的观点,极具争议而又非常有趣,这个观点认为,语言之所以特殊,是因为总有某些倾向,能力或本能,使得语言与他所举的其他例子有所不同

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