摘要
本文探讨下一阶段的语言研究将以形式为主 ,还是以功能为主。首先 ,我们认同Halliday的观点 :Protagoras和Plato是古希腊功能主义的代表 ,Aristotle是形式主义的代表。然后 ,我们回顾了二十世纪西方语言学的发展历程。我们认为Chomsky把当代形式主义语言学发展到了顶点 ,而以社会语言学、功能语法、语用学、语篇分析、篇章语言学、认知语言学等形式出现的功能主义则正在上升。第 3节检查中国的语言研究传统。我们强调 ,中国的语言研究没有走上跟形式逻辑一致的发展方向 ,而是走上了重意义、重篇章的功能主义道路。
This article speculates on whether form or function would emerge as the dominant concept in the coming phase of linguistic studies. Following a review of the historical development in the study of human language, starting from its classical origin that pitted Protagoras/Plato against Aristotle and paying special attention to the shape linguistics has taken in the 20th century, the author maintains that contemporary formal linguistics has peaked with the Chomskian turn and functional linguistics, comprising social linguistics, functional grammar, pragmatics, discourse analysis, text linguistics, cognitive linguistics, etc., is in the ascendant. This trend promises a more congenial global environment for the function- and discourse-oriented Chinese approach to linguistic studies.
出处
《外国语言文学》
2003年第3期12-18,共7页
Foreign Language and Literature Studies
