摘要
沃尔夫的语言相对论自提出以来,其名称不断演变,从沃尔夫假说到沃尔夫主义,又到新沃尔夫理论脉络,其间经历了3个阶段:验证、消沉和再认识。后人对于语言相对论褒贬不一,赞同者常被指责为浪漫主义、神秘主义;批判者经常被认为根本没有读过沃尔夫而将其简单粗俗化。本文通过对"假说"和"原则"的探源以及对于其内涵的系统化阐释的回顾,尝试分析沃尔夫语言相对论原则的内涵;从全面解读沃尔夫生前著述结集《论语言、思维和现实》入手,探求沃尔夫学说的本意:(1)通过对于语言范畴暗藏层面的比较,提高植根于语言内部文化属性的地位;(2)将科学与宗教结合起来,进一步探讨语言对于人类思维潜能的开发;(3)收集一手资料,进行一对一的实证尝试。
The name of linguistic relativity principle put forward by Whorf has changed from Whorf hypothesis to Whorfianism, to Neo- Whorfian theory vein. The study concerning about it has experienced three phases： verification, silent age and reconstruction. The criticism of the principle comes from two groups ： defenders and detractors. The former group has often been criticized as ro- mantics and mystics, whereas the latter as never having read Whorf or vulgarizing him. This paper purports to evaluate the whole work Language, Thought and Reality and explore what is implied by the notion of linguistic relativity principle from Whort＇s orig/nal view by examining the history of conflict between ＂hypothesis＂ and ＂principle＂, as well as the tentative systemization of the theory. This study shows the following three purposes are expected to achieve in Whorf＇s work ： （ 1 ） to strengthen the cultural property of languages through comparing covert categories ; （2） to explore the function of language in developing human＇s thought ; 3） to explain the principle by emnlovin~ first-hand examnles in a corresponding manner.
出处
《外语学刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2015年第1期23-29,共7页
Foreign Language Research
关键词
语言相对论
原则
沃尔夫假说
思维
linguistic relativity
principle
Whorf hypothesis
thought
