《語言哲學：在現代西方語言學的背後》從語言學和哲學角度來論述語言學的理論基礎，將兩者緊密結合起來，不僅符合當今跨學科研究的發展趨勢，有助於加強語言學界和哲學界的緊密合作，而且有利於加深語言學學習者對語言學理論的認識。全書脈絡清晰，語言簡潔流暢，論述深入淺出，對大學教師和在讀學生都有重要的指導意義。
基本介紹
- 書名：語言哲學:在現代西方語言學的背後
- 類型：人文社科
- 出版日期：2009年3月1日
- 語種：英語
- ISBN：7544611590
- 作者：丁言仁
- 出版社：上海外語教育出版社
- 頁數：313頁
- 開本：32
- 品牌：上海外語教育出版社
內容簡介,圖書目錄,文摘,序言,目錄,
內容簡介
《語言哲學:在現代西方語言學的背後》為上海外語教育出版社出版發行。
圖書目錄
PREFACE
前言
PART ONE Early Development
Unit 1 Language in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Unit 2 Language in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Unit 3 0verview of the Discussions
PART TWO Battles over Reference
Unit 4 0nset of the Controversy
Unit 5 The Dominance of Description Theory
Unit 6 Seesaw Struggle with the Foes
Unit 7 The Final Demise
Unit 8 Rise of a New Power
Unit 9 Combating Puzzles and Challenges
Unit 10 Getting Trapped in Problems
Unit 11 Comparing the Two Armies
Unit 12 Renovating the Causal Theory
Unit 13 Extending the Causal Theory
PART THREE Meaning as Intension
Unit 14 John Locke and the Idea Theory
Unit 15 Focus on Propositions
Unit 16 Verifying the Proposition
Unit 17 Finding Truth Conditions
PART FOUR Meaning as Use
Unit 18 Early and Later Wittgenstein
Unit 19 0rdinary Language Philosophy and the“Thought
Experiment”
Unit 20 Speaker Meaning and Sentence Meaning
Unit 21 Austin'S Speech Act Theory
Unit 22 The Cooperative Principle
Unit 23 Conversational Implicature
Unit 24 The Impact of Austin and Grice
PART FIVE Language as Mental System
Unit 25 Trapped in the Movie Show：Structuralism
Unit 26 Putting the Cart before the Horse：Linguistic Relativism
Unit 27 Universal Grammar and the Chomskyan Defense
Unit 28 Criticizing the Master
Unit 29 The Importance of Idiom Competence
Unit 30 Seeking an Alternative
PART SIX Epi logue
Unit 31 Being a Good Language Learner
REFERENCES
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前言
PART ONE Early Development
Unit 1 Language in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Unit 2 Language in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Unit 3 0verview of the Discussions
PART TWO Battles over Reference
Unit 4 0nset of the Controversy
Unit 5 The Dominance of Description Theory
Unit 6 Seesaw Struggle with the Foes
Unit 7 The Final Demise
Unit 8 Rise of a New Power
Unit 9 Combating Puzzles and Challenges
Unit 10 Getting Trapped in Problems
Unit 11 Comparing the Two Armies
Unit 12 Renovating the Causal Theory
Unit 13 Extending the Causal Theory
PART THREE Meaning as Intension
Unit 14 John Locke and the Idea Theory
Unit 15 Focus on Propositions
Unit 16 Verifying the Proposition
Unit 17 Finding Truth Conditions
PART FOUR Meaning as Use
Unit 18 Early and Later Wittgenstein
Unit 19 0rdinary Language Philosophy and the“Thought
Experiment”
Unit 20 Speaker Meaning and Sentence Meaning
Unit 21 Austin'S Speech Act Theory
Unit 22 The Cooperative Principle
Unit 23 Conversational Implicature
Unit 24 The Impact of Austin and Grice
PART FIVE Language as Mental System
Unit 25 Trapped in the Movie Show：Structuralism
Unit 26 Putting the Cart before the Horse：Linguistic Relativism
Unit 27 Universal Grammar and the Chomskyan Defense
Unit 28 Criticizing the Master
Unit 29 The Importance of Idiom Competence
Unit 30 Seeking an Alternative
PART SIX Epi logue
Unit 31 Being a Good Language Learner
REFERENCES
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文摘
Similar to Confucius, Plato （427- 347 B.C.） also founded an academy,established in Athens as a center for training statesmen. The academy was said to be the first university in the West, and philosophy, rhetoric, politics, math, and physical sciences were taught here. Legend has it that Plato even expelled his students who did not do well in math.
Plato's philosophical stance can be best illustrated by his theory of Forms. According to this theory, true things are not the objects we see, hear, smell, taste or feel in the real world;rather, they are Ideal Forms, the perfect modals of qualities and objects that we can only grasp intellectually, i.e., by logical inference. These Forms will remain ideal since we will never be able to see them, feel them or touch them; we can only experience their manifestations, which will always be individual and imperfect. Let's look at two examples of Ideal Forms.
Example 1:The concept of circularity is a Form. If you know a little bit of geometry, you know what it is, but you may experience difficulty if you try to explain it to a five-year-old. To demonstrate what it is, you may take out various round objects, coins, plates, bowls, wheels, and balls, but none of them are perfectly circular; they only approach ideal circularity. They manifest circularity but can never be as perfect as the Form itself.
Plato's philosophical stance can be best illustrated by his theory of Forms. According to this theory, true things are not the objects we see, hear, smell, taste or feel in the real world;rather, they are Ideal Forms, the perfect modals of qualities and objects that we can only grasp intellectually, i.e., by logical inference. These Forms will remain ideal since we will never be able to see them, feel them or touch them; we can only experience their manifestations, which will always be individual and imperfect. Let's look at two examples of Ideal Forms.
Example 1:The concept of circularity is a Form. If you know a little bit of geometry, you know what it is, but you may experience difficulty if you try to explain it to a five-year-old. To demonstrate what it is, you may take out various round objects, coins, plates, bowls, wheels, and balls, but none of them are perfectly circular; they only approach ideal circularity. They manifest circularity but can never be as perfect as the Form itself.
序言
意義是什麼？語言又是什麼？它究竟是怎樣產生和發展的？這是一些根本性的而語言學的實證研究又尚不能回答的問題，語言哲學則是一門試圖回答這些問題的學科。
本書用簡潔的語言介紹對現代西方語言學、套用語言學發展有過或有著重要影響的一些西方語言哲學流派，如描寫理論、真值理論學派、日常語言學派（語用學派）、索緒爾結構主義、沃爾夫語言相對論、喬姆斯基生成學派等。在介紹這些流派的同時，本書作者圍繞語言起源及發展變化的原因等語言哲學的根本性問題，對這些學派作了一定的分析和評論。內容可以分為四個題目：
一,討論指稱（reference）問題。語言哲學各流派間爭議最大的問題是意義（meaning）的真諦，而爭議的焦點集中在指稱在意義中的地位。密爾的直接指稱理論認為意義即指稱；弗雷格、羅素的描述理論批評了直接指稱理論對意義認識的簡單化，強調單詞的含義（sense）或者限定描述（definite description）在意義中的重要性，而普特南、克里普克的起因指稱理論重新強調指稱的重要，認為在限定描述有缺失甚至有錯誤的情況下指稱仍然可以實現。這些理論有各自的貢獻和缺陷。根據語言學、套用語言學一些研究成果推測，語言意義來源於社會交往、來源於語言使用的實踐。儘管意義一經產生就具備相對於現實世界的獨立性，但它的變化和發展仍舊決定於社會實踐。
本書用簡潔的語言介紹對現代西方語言學、套用語言學發展有過或有著重要影響的一些西方語言哲學流派，如描寫理論、真值理論學派、日常語言學派（語用學派）、索緒爾結構主義、沃爾夫語言相對論、喬姆斯基生成學派等。在介紹這些流派的同時，本書作者圍繞語言起源及發展變化的原因等語言哲學的根本性問題，對這些學派作了一定的分析和評論。內容可以分為四個題目：
一,討論指稱（reference）問題。語言哲學各流派間爭議最大的問題是意義（meaning）的真諦，而爭議的焦點集中在指稱在意義中的地位。密爾的直接指稱理論認為意義即指稱；弗雷格、羅素的描述理論批評了直接指稱理論對意義認識的簡單化，強調單詞的含義（sense）或者限定描述（definite description）在意義中的重要性，而普特南、克里普克的起因指稱理論重新強調指稱的重要，認為在限定描述有缺失甚至有錯誤的情況下指稱仍然可以實現。這些理論有各自的貢獻和缺陷。根據語言學、套用語言學一些研究成果推測，語言意義來源於社會交往、來源於語言使用的實踐。儘管意義一經產生就具備相對於現實世界的獨立性，但它的變化和發展仍舊決定於社會實踐。
目錄
PREFACE
前言
PART ONE Early Development
Unit 1 Language in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Unit 2 Language in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Unit 3 0verview of the Discussions
PART TWO Battles over Reference
Unit 4 0nset of the Controversy
Unit 5 The Dominance of Description Theory
Unit 6 Seesaw Struggle with the Foes
Unit 7 The Final Demise
Unit 8 Rise of a New Power
Unit 9 Combating Puzzles and Challenges
Unit 10 Getting Trapped in Problems
Unit 11 Comparing the Two Armies
Unit 12 Renovating the Causal Theory
Unit 13 Extending the Causal Theory
PART THREE Meaning as Intension
Unit 14 John Locke and the Idea Theory
Unit 15 Focus on Propositions
Unit 16 Verifying the Proposition
Unit 17 Finding Truth Conditions
PART FOUR Meaning as Use
Unit 18 Early and Later Wittgenstein
Unit 19 0rdinary Language Philosophy and the“Thought
Experiment”
Unit 20 Speaker Meaning and Sentence Meaning
Unit 21 Austin’S Speech Act Theory
Unit 22 The Cooperative Principle
Unit 23 Conversational Implicature
Unit 24 The Impact of Austin and Grice
PART FIVE Language as Mental System
Unit 25 Trapped in the Movie Show：Structuralism
Unit 26 Putting the Cart before the Horse：Linguistic Relativism
Unit 27 Universal Grammar and the Chomskyan Defense
Unit 28 Criticizing the Master
Unit 29 The Importance of Idiom Competence
Unit 30 Seeking an Alternative
PART SIX Epi logue
Unit 31 Being a Good Language Learner
REFERENCES
lNDEX
前言
PART ONE Early Development
Unit 1 Language in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Unit 2 Language in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Unit 3 0verview of the Discussions
PART TWO Battles over Reference
Unit 4 0nset of the Controversy
Unit 5 The Dominance of Description Theory
Unit 6 Seesaw Struggle with the Foes
Unit 7 The Final Demise
Unit 8 Rise of a New Power
Unit 9 Combating Puzzles and Challenges
Unit 10 Getting Trapped in Problems
Unit 11 Comparing the Two Armies
Unit 12 Renovating the Causal Theory
Unit 13 Extending the Causal Theory
PART THREE Meaning as Intension
Unit 14 John Locke and the Idea Theory
Unit 15 Focus on Propositions
Unit 16 Verifying the Proposition
Unit 17 Finding Truth Conditions
PART FOUR Meaning as Use
Unit 18 Early and Later Wittgenstein
Unit 19 0rdinary Language Philosophy and the“Thought
Experiment”
Unit 20 Speaker Meaning and Sentence Meaning
Unit 21 Austin’S Speech Act Theory
Unit 22 The Cooperative Principle
Unit 23 Conversational Implicature
Unit 24 The Impact of Austin and Grice
PART FIVE Language as Mental System
Unit 25 Trapped in the Movie Show：Structuralism
Unit 26 Putting the Cart before the Horse：Linguistic Relativism
Unit 27 Universal Grammar and the Chomskyan Defense
Unit 28 Criticizing the Master
Unit 29 The Importance of Idiom Competence
Unit 30 Seeking an Alternative
PART SIX Epi logue
Unit 31 Being a Good Language Learner
REFERENCES
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