萨丕尔—沃尔夫假说的体验哲学研究——以概念隐喻为例

Study on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis——From the Perspective of Experientialism

上世纪90年代人们对萨丕尔—沃尔夫假说提出了新的认识,支持"假说"关于语言范畴影响思维范畴的观点。我们持不同观点。通过对英汉概念隐喻的对比研究,发现两种不同语言在使用概念隐喻的过程中存在极大的相似性,并从产生相似性的哲学基础——体验哲学的角度推论出不同的语言并未影响不同的隐喻化思维。

Since 1990s there has arises a new interpretation on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, supporting the claim that language influences thought. While this article intends to give a negative support. By making a comparative study on the Conceptual Metaphor between English and Chinese, it is found that there exist great similarities in the conceptual metaphorization between the two distinct languages, which is analyzed from the perspective of experientialism. It can be inferred that different languages do not lead to different metaphorical thinking.