词价值获得原理探微

Acquisition of the Value of a Word

一般而言,词价值获得的主要途径大概有三条:一是语言学意义上的途径,即词价值由个体语言系统中的复杂联带关系所确定;二是经济学意义上的途径,即词价值首先是由劳动创造的,然后才由人对词的需求所决定;三是哲学意义上的途径,即在人与词的相互作用过程中,作为客体的词对于作为主体的人而言,不仅具有某种明确的意义或语义,而且词能满足人的某种欲望,因而词具有某种效用或有用性。所以词具备价值。

Generally speaking, there are three approaches for a word to acquire its value. 1) Linguistic approach, wherein the value is determined by some complicated correlations in a unique language system. 2) Economic approach, wherein the value is at first created by labor and is then decided by the demand of the people. 3) Philosophical approach, whereby in the process of interaction between man and words, words serve as the object while man serves as the subject. Since a word not only has certain explicit notions and meanings, but also meets man’s certain demands, it is deemed useful and of some utility. As such, value is attributed to the word.