从英汉构词看中西“天人关系”的哲学观

Reflection of the Eastern and Western Philosophical Outlook in English and Chinese Word Building

语言与文化是相辅相成的。"天人关系"是哲学家和语言学家特别关注的话题。文章从语言与思维的关系入手,比较英汉不同的思维方式在构词的异同,并以此来映射中西不同的"天人"哲学观。

Language can＇ t be cut from the culture it reflects. And philosophers and linguists are fond of the topic of ＂nature and human being relationships＂. The paper begins with talking about the relation between language and thoughts, compares the word building in Chinese and English languages, thus to reflect the links between the two different thoughts and two different philosophical outlook.