略论皮尔士符号学理论对语言研究的影响

皮尔士符号学理论对语言研究的影响主要体现在以下几个方面:将自然语言所具有的交际特性的理解扩展到共时和历时两个侧面;乔姆斯基有关语言习得是一种先天能力的观点与皮尔士的外推(abduction)本能学说具有理论上的关联;语言不仅是一种典型或最重要的符号系统,而且是各类符号体系中的一种,其间不仅在外部形态上有别,而且在深层结构上可以相互转译;皮尔士对于符号所作的交叉分类,也即同一符号具有多重特征,对于语言研究的重要课题——指称词(deixis)的探索具有很高的启发价值。皮尔士所提出的一些重要符号学术语等推动了语义学、语用学等的发展。

Implication of Peircean Semiotic Theory for Linguistic Studies

Impact of Peircean semiotic theory on linguistics study can be specified at the following facets: understanding of the communicative nature of natural language extended to both the synchronic and diachronic dimensions;Chomsky's innate faculty of language acquisition in link with Peircean abduction instinct;awareness of the fact that language is not merely a kind of typical or most important sign system,but also one of various sign systems that differ from one another in outward manifestation but have analogical translatability in deep structure;Peircean crossing or overlapping classification of signs characterized with multiple features for same sign being extremely insightful to the study of linguistic deixis;Peircean some key categories of semiotics,such as Interpertant,type/token,icon helping to promote the development of semantics,pragmatics,and some cross-disciplinary fields of linguistics,for example,cognitive semantics and psycholinguistics.