人种学家想要听到这些故事是因为他们有一个独特的理由：他们想要语言或人类学的数据，以补充他们自己的实地观察。

Ethnologists had a distinct reason for wanting to hear the stories: they were after linguistic or anthropological data that would supplement their own field observations.

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实际上，语言学家努克米莉·纳伊尔在其著作《叙事重心》中提到为了满足情感上的需要，人类从遗传学角度上具有编造故事的倾向。

Indeed, in her book, Narrative Gravity, linguistics professor RukminiNair argues that human beings have a genetic drive to fabricatenarratives that serve our emotional needs.

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希思克厉夫和凯瑟琳的语言、行为、动作都暗示着人类的非人性素质，而洛克乌德和耐莉·丁对故事情节的叙述，则显示出现实世界的人性素质。

The speech, actions and movements of Heathcliff and Catherine indicate the inhumanity of mankind, while the narration of Lockwood and Nelly Dean shows the humanity of real life.

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