语言学研究的因果观和方法论

The Causal View and Methodology in Linguistics Research

语言系统是一个复杂系统,语言现象是复杂的现象。复杂系统和复杂现象的行为往往牵涉许许多多的因素,形成许多层次。因而对语言的研究就会出现研究的多种取向。研究成果的多元互补不但是可能的,而且是较为可取的。

Language is a complex system, and so are linguistic phenomena. The behaviors of complex systems and complex phenomena always have much to do with a lot of factors and form many levels. This leads to the fact that the study of language and linguistic phenomena is a multi-dimensional activity, and it is not only possible but also desirable for the conclusions arrived at in different studies to be treated as being multi-dimensional and mutual-complementary.