We're about to start talking about the elements of the language, but to do that, we also need to separate out one last piece of distinction.

我们将会开始讨论,语言的元素，但是为了达到这个目标，我们还需要去做,最后的一个区分。

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But, you know, the formalists' own basic distinctions are dualistic, aren't they: the distinction between poetic and practical language, the distinction between plot and story, the distinction between rhythm and meter?

但是，形式主义所认为的区别却是双重标准的，诗歌语言和实用语言的区别，情节和故事的区别，节奏和韵律的区别？

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Deconstruction calls into question the distinction between language and thought in calling into question the distinction between signifier and signified, even though, as Derrida says, it can't do without a Saussurian vocabulary.

解构主义怀疑,语言和思想的区别，其方式是,怀疑能指和所指之间的区别，尽管如此，正如德里达所说没有索绪尔词汇也是不行的。

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Russian speakers, who make an extra distinction between light and dark blues in their language, are better able to visually discriminate shades of blue.

WSJ: Does Language Influence Culture?

The mental health metaphor also has the distinction of having been deployed by that noted savant of the English language, Katie Price.

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Mr Osborne has been criticised by Labour for some of the language he has used over welfare - particularly when he sought to draw a distinction between those going to work early in the morning and others whose "curtains were closed".

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