By the way, in what I'm saying, I oversimplify by supposing that the basic unit of language is a word.

因为我想说的是，我们现在是把语言的基本单位简单化了。

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Now I suppose it's my reluctance to get into the intricacies of questions having to do with applied theory that makes me prefer to keep it simple.

我不愿意在,应用理论上纠结,因此想把它简单化。

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However they are simple, not simplistic.

但它们是简单，不是过分简单化。

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