来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

• 
  
  We have the words of a language, the morphology,
  语言也拥有词 即语态
• 
  
  but all that gives you is "Dog,"
  但这些词只能让你知道 "狗"
• 
  
  "Cup," "Chair," "House,"
  "杯子" "椅子," "房子"
• 
  
  "Story," "Idea."
  "故事" "想法"
• 
  
  That won't allow us to communicate complicated ideas.
  我们无法用这些词来进行复杂的思想交流
• 
  
  So, the final step in the story is syntax.
  所以语言的最后一个成分便是语法了
• 
  
  And syntax refers to those rules and principles
  语法是指使我们将词组合成短语
• 
  
  that allow us to combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences.
  以及将短语组合成句子的规则和原则
• 
  
  And syntax uses another neat trick,
  语法使用了另一种神奇的把戏
• 
  
  this is defined by Wilhelm von Humboldt
  威廉·冯·洪堡
• 
  
  as the "Infinite use of finite media."
  将之定义为"有限域的无限应用"
• 
  
  So, here's the question.
  那么 问题就来了