The view that the language sign is arbitrary is the core of Saussure's linguistic theory.

语言符号的任意性是指语言符号和它所指代的客观事物之间没有必然联系。

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For some reason, one misguided offshoot of this well-intentioned language campaign resulted in an English-language sign being posted above the urinals in this particular men's room.

不知道为什么，这场出自善意的语言学习运动出现了一点小偏差：就在这一间男厕所的小便池上方，贴着一个英文标记。

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The body language includes the body-gesture language, head-neck language, sign language, face language and looks language.

形体语言包括身姿语言、头颈语言、手势语言、面部语言、眉目语言。

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She has studied the social meaning of American Sign Language as well as the Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language in Israel.

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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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In the first passage, the statement about language by criticism, that sign and meaning can never coincide, is what is precisely taken for granted in the kind of language we call "literary."

在第一段，关于语言的主张，用批判的方式，认为符号和意思永远不能相矛盾，正是这个主张,被人们认为是理所当然的，对于我们所说的文学语言来说“

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Americans on the other side of the border were the intended audience for the English-language sign, then-President Felipe Calderon said at the time, saying an increase in violence in Mexico was directly connected with the 2004 expiration of the U.S. assault weapons ban.

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How many sign language interpreters are there who, like Callis, specialize in sign language interpreting?

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Currently, there is a national shortage of sign language interpreters in the United States, even though there are 40 schools offering bachelor degree programs in American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting and 78 that offer associate degrees.

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