语言任意性与索绪尔理论的总体思想

Linguistic Arbitrariness and Overall Ideas of Saussure's Theory

索绪尔通过否定语言起源问题和否定命名论,赋予了语言任意性全新的内容。索氏的语言任意性不仅指符号内部概念和音响形象之间没有内在联系,其更深层的意义是指概念和音响形象的结合是语言系统自己运作的结果,不是人的意志性行为的结果。任意性的实质是否定人创造语言这个事实,这正是索绪尔建立语言本体论和共时语言学的基础。

Saussure attaches new meaning to the term of ＂arbitrariness＂ by marginalizing the issue of linguistic origin and negating nomenclature. Saussurean arbitrariness refers not only to the relationship between concept and acoustic image, but also to the fact that the combination of concept and acoustic image within a sign is the result of a given linguistic system acting as a mechanism, rather than as an intentional act on the part of any individual The essence of Saussurean arbitrariness is to negate the fact that language is created by man. Saussurean arbitrariness is the basis of his linguistic ontology and synchronic linguistics.