2005年高考英语北京卷-阅读理解D.pdfVIP

2005年高考英语北京卷-阅读理解D--第1页 2005年⾼考英语北京卷-阅读理解D Language as a System of Symbols 作为符号系统的语⾔ Of all systems of symbols, language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language. 在所有符号系统中，语⾔是最发达的。有⼈指出，⼈类可