论词的意义

On the Meanings of Words

作为客观事物或现象在人们意识中的概括反映,词义承载着人类文化的诸多信息,展示出语言背后的某些社会历史过程与人的情感世界和理性认同。不同的词义体现着不同类别、不同时代、不同区域的人独特的人文性以及语言和民族文化之间千丝万缕的联系。通过对词义的分析、研究,可以窥视用户的思想价值判断与价值认同,再绘其心理轨迹,从而立体地、全面地把握社会历史的脉络。可见,对词义的研究,不仅具有语言学的意义,而且具有文化的意义以及语言哲学的价值。

As a general reflection of objective things or phenomena in people’s mind,word meanings carry much information concerning human cultures.They exhibit some socio-historical courses as well as individual emotional world and rational identity.Different word meanings reveal the unique humanity of different classes,epochs and regions as well as the links between language and national cultures.Via the interpretation of word meanings,we can have an insight into the judgment of users’values and identity,depict their psychological tracks,and then grasp the sequence of socio-historical ideas completely.It is self-evident that the research of word meanings is not only of linguistic significance but also of cultural and linguistic-philosophical significance.