摘要
迪肯是美国当代人类学家。他1997年推出的《符号化动物:语言与大脑的共同进化》是一部涉及语言学和神经科学等领域的跨学科专著,在国际学界拥有广泛的学术影响。学界对其的赞誉和批评共存,一直延续至今。本文在简要述评该书主题学术背景的基础上,重新解读了迪肯的语言与大脑共同进化思想,反思了其涉及的一些核心概念;分析表明:1)迪肯语言与大脑共同进化思想确实可以得到很多证据的支持,但在一些细节论证上仍有待进一步完善;2)迪肯的语言与大脑共同进化思想对生物学视角语言研究中一些基础性问题的探索具有重要的指导意义,值得相关学者进一步发掘和研究。
Terrence Deacon is an American contemporary anthropologist. The Symbolic Species: The Coevolution of Language and Brain by him in 1997,which has gained widespread influence in international academic circles,is an interdisciplinary book involving linguistics,neuroscience and many other subjects. The compliments and criticism of this book have been coexisting since its publication. Based on a brief review of the academic background of the theme of this book,Deacon's thought of the co-evolution of language and brain is interpreted and the core concepts of this book are examined in this paper. It is revealed by this analysis that though there are many evidences to support Deacon's co-evolutionary idea,the verification of certain details should be improved; besides,Deacon's thought of co-evolution of language and brain shows great insights into the biological basis of language and deserves to be further explored and studied in future.
出处
《外文研究》
2018年第2期1-7,105,共7页
Foreign Studies
基金
教育部人文社会科学研究青年项目“迪肯语言学思想研究”(16YJC740010)的阶段性成果
