摘要
语言符号既有任意性的一面 ,又有理据性的一面。语言符号都有本义 ,但在一定条件下 ,有些语言符号可以在本义的基础上获得衍生义 ,而且与本义共存于语言系统之中。因此 ,语言符号的衍生义是完全可以论证的 ,是有理据可寻的。据观察 ,语言符号衍生义的理据有如下几种 :象形理据、行为动作理据、特性理据和社会事件理据。这些理据都应属于语言外部理据 ,因为它们都是建立在语言符号的所指与客观事物的某种联系或象似性之上的。
Linguistic signs are both arbitrary and motivated. Every sign has an original meaning, based on which the sign may get a derived meaning under certain conditions. Such a derived meaning exists side by side with the original meaning in the system of language. It is found that the derived meaning of a sign is motivated rather than arbitrary, and that the motivations are those of shape/form, canonical behaviour, typical nature and social events. They are the external motivations because there is a kind of iconicity between the signified of a sign and a certain other entity in the objective world.
出处
《解放军外国语学院学报》
北大核心
2001年第6期9-12,共4页
Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages
关键词
语言符号
衍生义
任意性
理据性
linguistic signs
derived meanings
arbitrariness
motivations
