摘要
针对19世纪历史语言学研究存在的一些不恰当的语言观,索绪尔认识到澄清语言本质的必要性,提出了语言是社会事实这一意义深远、却未能引起同时代学者足够注意的论断。他以言语活动为出发点,抽象出与言语相对的语言,并论证了作为社会事实的语言与其他社会制度之异同。索绪尔的论述有助于限定语言学研究的真正对象、认清语言符号的本质,从而将语言学研究引向一个全新的领域。
Against some improper notions of language held in the historical linguistics in the nineteenth century, Saussure finds it necessary to identify the nature of language. Saussure asserts that language, precisely langue, is a social fact, a viewpoint far-reaching yet largely neglected by scholars at his time. An elaborate analysis of language leads Saussure to extract hmgue in contrast to parole and then to address the similarities and dissimilarities between langue and other institutions. Saussure＇s elaboration on language as a social fact helps to define the real object of linguistics and identify the nature of linguistic sign, thus orienting linguistics towards a new horizon.
出处
《南京工业大学学报（社会科学版）》
2007年第3期74-78,共5页
Journal of Nanjing Tech University：Social Science Edition
