再论感觉词汇及其现象意义

Experiential words and phenomenal meaning re-examined

本文从经验主义的视角考察了感觉词汇及其现象意义的相关问题。基于感觉词汇的哲学考察和语言学划分,本研究发现:1)表示原型概念的感觉词汇在词汇学习上具有优先的认识论地位;2)感觉词汇具有现象意义,而且其现象意义可以经由提问What is X like?或What is it like for o to(be)X?而得以判定;3)现象意义可以用来统一地解释Frege的涵义和色彩义理论。从这个角度上看,研究现象意义可望丰富现有的语义学研究。

This paper studies experiential words (EWs) and their phenomenal meaning from an empiricist perspective.Based on the philosophical investigation and linguistic categorization of EWs,the study finds that 1) prototypical EWs are epistemologically prior to other words in vocabulary learning;2) EWs have phenomenal meaning,which can be tested by asking of a word 'What is X like? ' or 'What is it like for o to (be) X? ' ;and 3) the Fregean sense and coloring can be explained in a uniform way in terms of the notion of phenomenal meaning.