“元文化学”:文化研究中的文本、符号与“整体语言”

“Meta-culturology”: Text,Semiotic and“Language”in Cultural Study

文化以文本为载体,文本则是一套建构在语言基础之上的符号系统。文章提出"元文化学"的概念——描述文化的文化学,旨在厘清语言、符号、文本之间的关系。在"元文化学"的框架下,语言从属于符号,符号从属于文本;文本表现为嵌套的符号系统,符号可包括语言符号与非语言符号;狭义语言的结构可用来参与符号系统的建构,作为一种"总体语言"最终生成文本。

Culture is characterized by a text,which is a set of semiotic systems constructed on the basis of language. This paper proposes that the notion 'meta-culturology'means a culture describing cultures,and aims to clarify the dialectical relationships among language,semiotics and the text. In the framework of'meta-culturology',language is subject to a semiotic system,subject to a text; the text is presented as a set of nesting of a semiotic systems. Signs can be divided into language signs and non-language signs,and language in a narrow sense can be used to construct a semiotic system and finally generate a text.