关于篇章的符号学地位问题

Text as an Object of Study in Semiotics

篇章问题的研究虽然有着悠久的历史渊源,但篇章在现代符号学中的研究地位并不是天然形成的,符号学的研究对象物也经历了从研究单个符号到研究整个符号的序列——篇章,特别是整体能够作为一个符号系统起作用的篇章这样一个过程。篇章的符号学研究地位在索绪尔的符号学思想中已见端倪,在哥本哈根学派、布拉格学派、巴黎结构主义符号学派的研究中不断得到强化,篇章问题随之成为现代符号学关注的中心问题之一。

Though text analysis has a long history,text as an object of study in modern semiotics doesn t come naturally. The objects of semiotic inquiry have undergone the change from a single symbol to large groupings of symbols,i.e.,text. Taking shape in Saussurean semiotics and subsequently getting highlighted in Copenhagen School,Prague School and Paris Structural Semiotic School,text analysis has now become one of the central issues of modern semiotics.