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1、Availableonlineatwww.sciencedirect.comLANGUAGE&COMMUNICATIONLanguage&Communication29(2009)26–46www.elsevier.com/locate/langcomScience,languageandlinguisticcultureNigelLoveDepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofCapeTown,Rondebosch7701,SouthAfricaAbstractIfwearetorendero
2、urfirst-orderactivitiesasusersoflanguageamenabletocontemplationandinquiryconductedbymeansoflanguageitself,wemustabstractcertainaspectsofthoseactivitiesfromthebehaviouralcontinuuminwhichtheyareembeddedandsetthemupasobjects.Abstractioninoneparticulardimensiongivesriset
3、othedecontextualisedreificationswerecogniseaslinguisticunits.First-orderlanguage-usemaythencometobeunderstoodasthedeploymentbyinstantiationoftheseobjects.Codificationofaconsistentsetofthemisessentiallywhatgivesusalanguage.Themainquestionsdiscussedhereare(i)howfarthese
4、processesareneutralwithrespecttothedifferentculturalbackgroundsagainstwhichtheymayoccurorbecarriedoutand(ii)whattheimplicationsoftheproposedanswerareforlinguisticsasthescienceoflanguageandforinquiries,e.g.cognitivescience,influencedbylinguistics.Ó2008ElsevierLtd.Allri
5、ghtsreserved.Keywords:Jackendoff,R;Languageandcognition;Languageandculture;Languageandrepresentation;Lin-guisticscience;Newspeak;Orwell,G.1.AlinguisticcultureTheyearis1984,sofarasWinstonSmithcantell.Mostoftheworld,dividedintothreemegastates,languishesinthralltoapolit
6、icalsystemdedicatedtoperpetuatingtheoligar-chicalpowerofinsanesociopathicelitesunderwhoseruletheonlyrealisticimageofthefutureisof‘abootstampingonahumanface–forever’(Orwell,1989[1949],p.280).Thechiefglobalinstrumentofthisoppressionisperpetualwaramongthethreestates,wh
7、ichnotonlyservestheeconomicfunctionofdenyingpeoplethematerialgoodsthatmightE-mailaddress:Nigel.Love@uct.ac.za0271-5309/$-seefrontmatterÓ2008ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2008.04.001N.Love/Language&Communication29(2009)26–4627givethemtheleisuret
8、obecometoocomfortableandhencetoothoughtfulforthegoodofthesystem,butalsofosters,asendsinthemselves,universalsufferingandaclimateofgen-eralis
