“词”的本质——读萨丕尔的《语言论》

The True Nature of Word——After Reading Language by Edward Sapir

在词的形式和内容这对矛盾中,形式规定着词的本质;词的语音形式多种多样,但是不能规定词的本质;词的语法形式才是词的本质所在,词的语法形式是以主观的方式存在于使用它的人们的心理之中。

At the contradiction of word form and word content, word form dominates word. The phonetic form of word is rich and varied, but it can't control the true nature of word. Only the grammatical form can dominate the true nature of word, and the grammatical form of word lies in the psychology of people who using it in a subjective way.