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1、Meaning31W.V.QUlNE14.THEFIELDLINGUIST'SENTERINGthebehavioristapproachismandatory.InWEDGEpsychologyonemayormaynotbeabehavior-ist,butinlinguisticsonehasnochoice.EachofuslearnshislanguagebyobservingotherPhilosophersinancientIndiadisputedoverpeople'sverbalbehaviorandhavinghisownw
2、hethersentencesorwordsweretheprimaryfalteringverbalbehaviorobservedandre-vehiclesofmeaning.Theargumentinfavorofinforcedorcorrectedbyothers.Wedependwordsisthattheyarelimitedinnumberandstrictlyonovertbehaviorinobservablesitua-canbelearnedonceforall.Sentencesaretions.Aslongasour
3、commandofourlan-unlimitedinnumber;wecanfullymasterguagefitsallexternalcheckpoints,whereourthemonlybylearninghowtoconstructthem,utteranceorourreactiontosomeone'sutter-asneeded,fromwordslearnedinadvance.ancecanbeappraisedinthelightofsomeDespitethissituation,however,wordscanshar
4、edsituation,solongalliswell.Ourstillbesaidtoowetheirmeaningtotheirrolesmentallifebetweencheckpointsisindifferentinsentences.Welearnshortsentencesastoourratingasamasterofthelanguage.wholes,welearntheircomponentwordsfromThereisnothinginlinguisticmeaningbeyondtheiruseinthosesent
5、ences,andwebuildwhatistobegleanedfromovertbehaviorinfurthersentencesfromwordsthuslearned.observablecircumstances.See$23.Inmythoughtexperimentthe"sourceThequestforaclearandsubstantialnotionlanguage,"asthejargonhasit,isJungle;theofmeaningsthenshouldbeginwithanexamina-"targetlan
6、guage"isEnglish.Jungleisinacces-tionofsentences.Themeaningofasentenceofsiblethroughanyknownlanguagesaswayonelanguageiswhatitshareswithitstransla-stations,soouronlydataarenativeutterancestionsinanotherlanguage,soIpropoundedmyandtheiroutwardlyobservablecircumstances.thoughtexpe
7、rimentofradicaltranslation.ItItisameagerbasis,butthenativespeakerledtoanegativeconclusion,athesisofhimselfhashadnoother.indeterminacyoftranslation.OurlinguistwouldconstructhismanualofCriticshavesaidthatthethesisisaconse-translationbyconjecturalextrapolationofquenceofmybehavio
8、rism.Somehavesaidsuchdata,buttheconfirmationswouldbethatitisareducti
