Like the Russian formalists--and in a way like the New Critics -talking about their "academic" colleagues, Saussure is vexed by the messiness and lack of system in the study of linguistics.

这一点和形式主义者，新批评论者,这些学院派的人们很相像，索绪尔对语言学的杂乱,和无章感到恼火。

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Because, uh, it's one thing to study something in a cold, academic way,

干巴巴的、枯燥的纯理论式学习是一种学习方法，

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