语言符号任意性是指概念和表示该概念的语音形式之间没有必然的和先验的联系。

Arbitrariness refers to the absence of logical and prior relation between sound pattern and concept it stands for.

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人类语言使用这些，被语言学家费迪南德·德·索绪尔，称之为“符号任意性”的神奇把戏。

And human language USES this amazing trick described by Ferdinand DE Saussure, the great linguist, as "the arbitrariness of the sign."

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符号任意性是指，我们可以拿来世间任何想法，比如椅子，故事，或是国家，再发明一种声音或符号来与之相联系。

And what this means is we can use — take any arbitrary idea in the world, the idea of a chair or a story or a country, and make a sound or a sign to connect to it.

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And human language uses this amazing trick described by Ferdinand de Saussure, the great linguist, as "The arbitrariness of the sign."

人类语言使用这些,被语言学家费迪南德·德·索绪尔,称之为"符号任意性"的神奇把戏

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The signs are both arbitrary and differential.

符号具有任意性和差异性。

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And what this means is we can use --take any arbitrary idea in the world, the idea of a chair or a story or a country, and make a sound or a sign to connect to it.

符号任意性是指,我们可以拿来世间任何想法,比如椅子,故事,或是国家,再发明一种声音或符号来与之相联系

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