沃尔夫的普遍主义思想

Whorf's Universalism

本文以沃尔夫的《语言、思维与现实》为文本依据 ,讨论这位“语言相对论”代表人物的普遍主义思想。沃尔夫批判以欧洲中心主义为基础的普遍主义 ,寻求语言思维之特性 ,进而在新的基础上 ,建立人类共同的语言和思维。沃尔夫思想中相对主义与普遍主义的对立 。

A close reading of Whorfs Language,Thought,and Reality leads to a discussion on the universalistic ideas of Whorf,generally assumed to be a major representative of linguistic relativity.Whorf attacks the universalism based on European ethnocentrism,seeds linguistic features particular to “primitive languages,”and tries to construct universals on such new basis.The relativism universalism opposition in Whorf's work calls for more research attention.