语言:思维和文化之桥  

Language:from Thought to Culture

作　　者：李力[1] 

机构地区：[1]厦门大学外文学院,福建厦门361005

出　　处：《天津外国语学院学报》2003年第5期22-26,44,共6页Journal Of Tianjin Foreign Studies University

摘　　要：概述Jackendoff(1 994,1 997)有关语言和思维论述的理论要点 ,从系统功能语言学出发 ,探讨了以W .F .Ogburn等人为代表的将思维方式和语言方式划归为同一层次 ,隶属于文化之下 ,即文化决定语言和思维论。我们不能简单地看待语言与思维、文化的关系 ,至少要从两个方面看待语言 ,一方面 ,在某种程度上 ,语言反映文化 ,语言是文化的一部分 ;另一方面 ,语言使思维更有效 ,协助思维的创建 ,语言是文化产生的催化剂 ,因为文化是思维的产物。及物性既有反映语言的一面 ,又有反映思维的一面 ,是连接语言和思维的桥梁。不能仅通过及物性来判断一个种族思维发展的程度 ,但可以通过及物性连续桶体现的语类特征发现语言对思维和文化产生的机制作用。From the perspective of systemic-functional grammar, the paper recapitulates the theoretical points of Jackendoff's theory on language and thought, and discusses the theory represented by W. F. Ogburn's claim which classifies thought and language in the same category under culture. It holds that language may mirror culture merely to some extent, namely, language is part of culture; however, semiotically, language creates meaning, makes thought more efficient, thus is able to facilitate the construction of thought and culture, which shows language is more or less some sort of catalyst, for culture is the product of thought. Being the bridge between language and thought,transitivity not only reflects language, but also acts on thought. A race's reasoning power may not be necessarily measured by transitivity, yet the emergence of thought and culture may be accounted for by the bridge of transitivity.

关 键 词：语言 思维 文化 及物性 

分 类 号：H0-05[语言文字—语言学]