Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.
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Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.
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It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification.
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