2024年3月16日发(作者:索尼w170)
the definition of language
Language is one of the unique possessions of human beings. It is one of our
most articulated means of expressing ideas and thoughts.
Definition by Hu Zhuangling:
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human
communication.
Definition by Edward Sapir (1921):
Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating
ideas, emotions, and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced
symbols.
Definition given by Stuart C. Poole:
Language is a form of human communication by means of a system of
symbols principally transmitted by vocal sounds.
Definition given by Ferdinand de Saussure(1916):
Language is a system of signs that express ideas ,and is therefore comparable
to a system of writing, alphabet of deaf-mutes,symbolic rites, politic
formulas,milatary signals, it is the most important of all these systems.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1. Language primarily is the mental faculty that allows humans to undertake
linguistic behavior: to learn languages and to produce and understand utterances.
2. Language is formal system of signs governed by grammatical rules of
combination to communicate meaning.
ge is the construction of sentences that can be generated using
transformational grammars.
4. Language is a system of communication that enables humans to exchange
verbal or symbolic utterances.
再者,语言之定义大致还可从下面分为五大类:工具论,结构系统论,符号论,能力
行为论,家园论。
从语言的用途来看,社会语言学家把语言定义为“人类最重要的交际工具”,认知心理
学家把语言定义为“人类思维的重要工具”;哲学家把语言视为“解释人类思维的工具”,
都可称为工具论。
从结构主义角度来看,语言可被视为“具有多层次的关系结构”,“是一个封闭系统”,
可称为“结构系统论”从信息论和符号学的观点看,把语言定义为“人类最重要的符号系
统”,这可称为“符号论”。
从人类学角度考虑,语言被视为“人类的行为、精神和活动,一种天生的能力”,可称
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