In 百度竞价推广iotic analysis the human and the object are accorded the same signifying potential: 在符号学的剖析中,人与对象都被赋予相同的意指(signifying)潜力:


It is therefore impossible to draw a line between subject and object, since each component is potentially either.We have seen various examples of how thing and man can change places, how a man can become a thing and a thing become a living being.

“既然每一个组成部分可能是相同的,就不可能在主体和客体之间划分一条界线。大家看过不少说明了事物和人是怎么样改变地位的例子,一个人是怎么样成为一个事物而一个事物又是怎么样成为一个有生命的存在的。”


请教老师两个问题:


1,红字的potentially either如何理解呢?

我一个人理解的是:potentially 副词 “潜在地”,引申理解为“可能性”;either在这里做形容词用,意为“(二者中)任一的”,引申为“非此即彼的”,再引申为“相同的”。所以我把potentially either翻译为“可能是相同的”。


2,how前面是否应该有个连词“and”呢?


谢谢老师

each component is potentially either. either在此为不定代词, 不是形容词。

= each component has the potential to be either the subject or the object.


how thing and man can change places, how a man can become a thing and a thing become a living being. 第二个how分句,是对第一个how分句的讲解,即对change places做进一步说明,二者不是并列关系,而是补充说明,所以不需要并列连词。