Barthes constructed meaning system of sign on the foundation of partition between language and speech.

巴尔特的符号学以语言和言语的划分为基础，构成符号的意义系统。

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This is one of the reasons why some males birds have exotic plumes, why elk carry hefty antlers (a sign of a healthy immune system), and why male fiddler crabs have such large claws.

这正是大自然为什么让一些雄鸟长着充满异国情调的羽毛或让麋鹿拥有大而笨重的鹿角(这也是一个生态系统健康的标志)的原因之一。

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This is a sign of an overly-sensitive attachment system.

以上这些都是过度敏感的依恋系统的信号。

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Whatever the convention is within a system of differences, that's what makes the sign intelligible.

这些惯例存在于一个有差别的系统中，这就让符号变得有意义了。

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