There is a Darwinian semiotics, understanding the relationships among species in semiotic terms.

达尔文主义的符号学，用符号学来研究物种间的关系。

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Notice the importance -and we'll come back to it-- of the word "dominant": "the dominant" in the thinking of the Russian formalists and the struggle for dominance among species in a habitat.

注意这个词的重要性,我们还会讲到，支配，这个词：,俄国形式主义者所说的支配,和物种间争夺栖息地的支配。

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