And what this means is that any theory of language use and language comprehension cannot simply appeal to a list.

这也就意味着,任何语言使用和语言理解的理论,都无法列出一份句子的清单

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There's a list, a finite list, of possible sounds that language can use.

语言使用的可能声音列表是有限的

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