On Xunzi's Standpoints on Linguistics——From Xunzi's Doctrine of “Rectifying Names”

Xunzi's "Rectifying Names" involved different aspects of language:the nature of language,the functions of language,the standards to rectify names,and also some other aspects of general linguistics.We should not hesitate to say Xunzi was the founder of our Chinese linguistics.This paper now discusses Xunzi's different linguistic standpoints by going over his "Rectifying Names."

Xunzi＇s ＂Rectifying Names＂ involved different aspects of language：the nature of language,the functions of language,the standards to rectify names,and also some other aspects of general linguistics.We should not hesitate to say Xunzi was the founder of our ...