Reflection on Chomsky’s Idealization of Language 对乔姆斯基语言模式理想化的再思考

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1、ReflectiononChomsky’sIdealizationofLanguageAbstract:ThispaperbeginswithabriefintroductiontoChomsky’smethodologyofidealizationinlinguisticresearch.AlthoughtheidealizationinphysicalresearchfromwhichChomsky’sidealizationdeprivescanstillkeepnaturallaws’validity,theauthorpointsoutChomsky’sidealizationi

2、snotaccessible.Thekeypointliesintheexclusionofsocialfactorsinhisresearch.ThentheauthordemonstratesthereasonwhyChomsky’sexclusionofsocialfactorsisnotaccessiblefromtwoaspects:(1)Languageisaconcretesystemofsigns.(2)Languageisasocialinstitution.Onlyinthecontextofsocietyarethesefeaturessignificantandin

3、tegrate,canlanguagebearitsformandforwarditsdevelopmentandkeepuptheinteractionwiththesociety.Thereforeinsteadof“beingidealized”outoflinguisticresearch,socialfactorsshouldberegardedasthebaseoftheresearch.Otherwisetheobjectoftheresearchwillbetotallychangedandtheresearchitselfwillbemisguided.Asforwhat

4、factorscanbetemporarilyidealizedwithoutchanginglanguage’sfundamentalfeatures,thisisaquestionworthourfurtherstudyinthefuture.Keywords:idealization;systemofsigns;socialstructure;interactionbetweenlanguageandsociety对乔姆斯基语言模式理想化的再思考摘要：本文从乔姆斯基在语言学研究过程中所采用的理想化模式入手，认为乔姆斯基为了使研究变得简单，便将与语言关系紧密的社会因素摒除在研究范围之外

5、，这是一种不可取的理想模式。接下来本文从两个主要方面阐述了理想化模式不可取的原因：一是语言作为一种符号系统，只有在社会的环境下才能具有完整的意义。二是语言作为一种社会结构，无论是它的产生还是发展过程，都在不断地和社会发生着相互用。故而没有了社会因素，语言作为符号系统就丧失了意义，作为社会结构就丧失了依存的基础。所以只要是研究语言学，我们就不能将社会因素“理想化”。至于什么因素可以暂时不予考虑，这仍有待进一步的研究。关键词：理想化；符号系统；社会结构；语言与社会的相互作用1.IntroductionThemid-20thcenturyhasbroughtwithitmanysignifica

6、ntchangesandprogressesinthestudyoflanguage.Newareasofinquiryhaveopenedtoseriousinvestigation,leadingtomanyinsightsanddeeperunderstandingofthenatureofhumanlanguage.Inthesphereofcognition,Chomsky’stheoriesonlinguisticsmaybethemoststrikingones.Theyledfar-reachingchangesinthestudyoflinguistics,andhadg

7、reatimpactinanumberofotherfieldsaswell.OnefactthatcanbefoundinChomsky’searlylinguisticworksisthatallhistheoriesaresetupontheresearchofso-called“idealization”.Oneremarkableofhismethodologyofidealizationintheperiod