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2010级商贸英语2班易婷婷201003101225Question:Howdoyoucomparethetrafficlightsystemwithahumanlinguisticsystem?Althoughtrafficlightsystemandhumanlinguisticsystemaretotallydifferentinpeople’smind,wecanstillfindthecommoncharacteristicsbetweenthem.First,bothofthembelongtolinguisticsystem.Intermsofthetrafficlightsystem,redlightmeansstop,greenmeansgo,yellowlightmeansgetreadytogo,itdeliverstheexactlysignaltoperson,whichdoesthesameinhumanlinguisticsystem—aparticularwordsstandforafixedmeaning.However,somedifferencesstillexistbetweenthem.Trafficlightusedtodeliverythesignalthroughthevisualwhilehumanlinguisticsystemgivethemassagebyhearing.Bothofthemowedthefixdefinitionwitheachsignal.Andinsomedifferentsituation,therearedifferentfunctionsbetweenthem.Ifyouareinthebusyandnoisystreet,youcanhardlyheardanysounds,sothetrafficlightismoreeffective,becauseyoujustneedtouseyoureyes.Butforthedisabledpeople,humanlinguisticsystemtakeeffectondisabledpeoplewhocannotseeanything,justusetheirear.Atthattime,thehumanlinguisticsystemprovidesthemtheexactmeaningofeachsignal.That’sallmyopinionabovetocomparethetrafficlightsystemwithahumanlinguisticsystem.\n查看更多