语义演变的东西方哲学探究

Study of Semantic Change from Perspectives of Western and Eastern Philosophy

哲学的语言学转向为语义本质的探索提供了新的视角。以身体词为例,人们对身体词的认识是与身体哲学分不开的。身体词不只是人类最早的词汇之一,也是人类理解世界和表达世界的元语言。身体词的语义演变是建立在身体活动和身体经验的基础上,并通过隐喻的认知机制从形而下的世界扩大到形而上的世界,从而完成了我们对世界的表征。

The linguistic turn of philosophy provides a new perspective for the exploration of semantic changes, taking body words as an example, it is inseparable between study about body-part words and philosophical knowledge about body. Body words are not only one of the earliest human words, but also the meta-language of human being to understand and represent the world. Semantic change of body-part words through metaphors is based on activity and experience from the physical world to the metaphysical world.