语言符号的理据性不等于非任意性  

Motivation Does Not Mean Non-arbitrariness

作　　者：赵宏宇[1] 胡全生[2] 

机构地区：[1]大连海事大学外语学院,大连116026 [2]上海交通大学外语学院,上海200240

出　　处：《外国语》2009年第1期63-67,共5页Journal of Foreign Languages

摘　　要：任意性作为语言符号的本质属性,表明能指和所指之间不存在自然的联系;理据性指语言系统内符号的可分析性和可释性,是语言符号产生和发展的动因。由于任意性和理据性分属不同层次观念,理据性对任意性原则不构成威胁。由于误读,时常有人用理据性否定索绪尔任意性原则。本文通过对语言符号任意性和理据性概念的分析和对比,旨在消除由于对理据性阐释不准确而导致对任意性的误解。Arbitrariness as the fundamental nature of the linguistic sign means that there is no natural bond between the signifier and the signified while motivation refers to the analyzability and self-explanatoriness of the sign within the system. The existence of motivation does not deny arbitrariness as they are categories of different levels. However, motivatedness is sometimes misinterpreted as non-arbitrariness, and arbitrariness is thus denied. This paper analyzes and compares the two concepts, aiming to clarify the misinterpretation.

关 键 词：语言符号 任意性 理据性 能指 所指 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]