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1、StructuralLinguisticsAndFormalSemanticsJaroslavPeregrin[TravauxduCercleLinguistiquedePragueI,Benjamins,Amsterdam,1995;originalpagination]IntroductionThebeginningofthiscenturyhailedanewparadigminlinguistics,theparadigmbroughtaboutbydeSaussure'sCoursdeLinguistiqueGenéráleandsubsequentlyelaboratedbyJak
2、obson,Hjelmslevandotherlinguists.Itseemedthatthelinguisticsofthiscenturywasdestinedtobestructuralistic.However,halfofthecenturylaterabrandnewparadigmwasintroducedbyChomsky'sSyntacticStructuresfollowedbyMontague'sformalizationofsemantics.Thisnewturnhasbroughtlinguisticssurprisinglyclosetomathematicsa
3、ndlogic,andhasfacilitatedadirectpracticalexploitationoflinguistictheorybycomputerscience.Oneoftheclaimsofthispaperisthatthepost-Saussurianstructuralism,bothinlinguisticsandinphilosophy,ispartlybasedonideasquitealientodeSaussure.Themainaimthenistoexplaintheideasdrivingtheformalisticturnoflinguisticsa
4、ndtoinvestigatetheproblemoftheextenttowhichtheycanbeaccommodatedwithintheframeworkoftheSaussurianparadigm.ThemainthesisadvocatedisthatthepointofusingformalismsinlinguisticsismoremethodologicalthansubstantialandthatitcanbewellaccommodatedwithintheconceptualframeworkpositedbydeSaussure.1DeSaussurevs.S
5、tructuralismBeforebeginningtodiscussstructuralism,letusstressthedistinctionbetweenthegenuineviewsofFerdinanddeSaussureandtheteachingsofhisvariousavowedfollowers,betheylinguistsorphilosophers.Infact,deSaussure'stheory,aspresentedinhisCourse,isanaustereandutterlyrationalscientifictheoryarticulatedwith
6、arigourcommonlyassociatedwithlinguistictheoriesofthe'post-Chomskian'period,thoughdifferingfromthembytheabsenceof$526/$9(5(*5,1formalisms.ManyofthedeSaussure'sfollowerstriedtoturnhisapproachintosomethingquitedifferent:intoatoolofquestioningscientificrationalismoveremphasizingthe"literary"aspectof
7、language.ThisistrueparticularlyofFrenchphilosopherswhousedthestructuralinsighttofighttheanalyticapproachoftheirAnglo-Americancolleagues.ItisbeyonddoubtthatFrenchstructuralismconstitutesoneofthemostsig
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