语言符号任意性和象似性探究

A Brief Account of the Study on the Arbitrariness and Iconicity of the Linguistic Sign

国内外不少学者对语言符号的根本属性是任意性还是象似性这一观点一直争执不断,总体来说,存在两种看法:一是持语言符号根本属性是任意性;二是持语言符号根本属性是象似性。本文对学者们的看法、语言符号任意性和象似性产生的哲学背景及二者的辩证关系进行了概述,笔者认为这种争论很有价值,它能让我们更清楚地认识到语言符号本质,深刻了解其产生的哲学背景及二者辩证关系。

Since Saussure proposed the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign,numerous experts at home and abroad has been debating on whether the basic nature of the linguistic sign is arbitrary or iconic through holding their views. In general, there exist two different views：one holding that the the basic nature of the linguistic sign is arbitrary while another the basic nature of the linguistic sign is iconic. This essay aims at further helping to recognize the nature of the linguistic sign by making a brief account of the those two views, the philosophical background of the birth of the two natures and their dialectical relation.