沃尔夫(Benjxmin Lee Whorf,1897—1941)是萨丕尔之后一位颇有影响的人类学——语言学家。由于他对其师萨丕尔语言模型理论的阐释论证,他的学说和萨丕尔的名字联系在一起。这就是著名的“萨丕尔——沃尔夫假说”。 沃尔夫原是一位化学...沃尔夫(Benjxmin Lee Whorf,1897—1941)是萨丕尔之后一位颇有影响的人类学——语言学家。由于他对其师萨丕尔语言模型理论的阐释论证,他的学说和萨丕尔的名字联系在一起。这就是著名的“萨丕尔——沃尔夫假说”。 沃尔夫原是一位化学工程师。他在消防技术工作中发现,导致失火的原因除了客观环境外,还有对环境错误的理解。例如语言标志本身常常使人对易燃品放松警惕,因而引起火灾。沃尔夫说:展开更多
Linguistics and anthropology have much in common in terms of research category and methodology. Whereas the ＂emic/etic＂ approach in linguistics distinguishes between the social/psychological qualities of the sound s...Linguistics and anthropology have much in common in terms of research category and methodology. Whereas the ＂emic/etic＂ approach in linguistics distinguishes between the social/psychological qualities of the sound system of a specific language and the physical/ physiological qualities of supra-language sounds, the ＂emic/etic＂ approach in anthropology attempts to make a distinction between the ＂inside＂ view and the ＂outside＂ view of culture. Both approaches involve a set of dualistic relationships between linguistic and cultural relativity and linguistic and cultural universality, as well as between linguistic/ cultural diversity and genetic diversity. Due to validation difficulties, ＂linguistic relativity＂ has received a cold welcome in the field of linguistics. However, ＂cultural relativity＂ now constitutes the core of modem anthropology. The inherent links and near identity of functions between linguistic/cultural diversity and biological diversity render possible methodological exchanges across the disciplines.展开更多
文摘沃尔夫(Benjxmin Lee Whorf,1897—1941)是萨丕尔之后一位颇有影响的人类学——语言学家。由于他对其师萨丕尔语言模型理论的阐释论证,他的学说和萨丕尔的名字联系在一起。这就是著名的“萨丕尔——沃尔夫假说”。 沃尔夫原是一位化学工程师。他在消防技术工作中发现,导致失火的原因除了客观环境外,还有对环境错误的理解。例如语言标志本身常常使人对易燃品放松警惕,因而引起火灾。沃尔夫说:
文摘Linguistics and anthropology have much in common in terms of research category and methodology. Whereas the ＂emic/etic＂ approach in linguistics distinguishes between the social/psychological qualities of the sound system of a specific language and the physical/ physiological qualities of supra-language sounds, the ＂emic/etic＂ approach in anthropology attempts to make a distinction between the ＂inside＂ view and the ＂outside＂ view of culture. Both approaches involve a set of dualistic relationships between linguistic and cultural relativity and linguistic and cultural universality, as well as between linguistic/ cultural diversity and genetic diversity. Due to validation difficulties, ＂linguistic relativity＂ has received a cold welcome in the field of linguistics. However, ＂cultural relativity＂ now constitutes the core of modem anthropology. The inherent links and near identity of functions between linguistic/cultural diversity and biological diversity render possible methodological exchanges across the disciplines.
