语义学的形式化研究

Towards a Formal Approach to Semantics

针对当前对形式化研究的一些误解,本文区分了两种形式--研究对象本体观上的形式和方法论上的形式路子.为揭示后一种形式化研究的总体规律,本文从语义学的研究视野中选取了两个典型的个案,归纳出微观上的形式化研究循环和宏观上的螺旋式演进规律.这一理论探讨可能对语言学的总体研究取向有所启示.

Aimed to clarify some misunderstandings about the formal study, this essay makes a distinction between two senses of 'form'- that on the level of the research object per se and that of the research method. An attempt to discover the general principle of the second formal study is then made with reference to two cases of semantic research, which unveils the microscopic Formal Study Cycle (FSC) and the macroscopic spiral development of FSCs. This theoretical inquiry may shed some light on general linguistic study.