一场远未结束的论辩:再论镜像符号及其对自我的建构方式

A Pending Debate： The Issue of Mirror-Image Signs and Self-Construction Revisited

关于镜像是否是符号的论辩已逾卅载。镜像不仅是一种符号，还是物符号和心灵符号之间的分界点。在镜像阶段，镜像对主体的自我建构与语言等符号所起的作用一样，只是其具体功能有所不同，主体在对镜像的试错与比较中认识自我。符号自我包含“客我”“主我”和“你”三者，它们之间会形成对话关系，因而在镜像阶段之后，镜像符号对自我的建构方式，可以根据发送意图分为指向“客我”、指向“你”和指向“他者”三种。不同的自我建构方式，表现出镜像符号的不同功能。

Researches have long discussed the question of whether a mirror image is a sign. A consensus has been reached that a mirror image is not only a sign, but also distinguishes matter-sign and mental-sign. In the mirror stage, although the subject knows himself through trial and error as well as comparison and contrast, the mirror-image sign works alongside other signs such as language to construct the self. As the semiotic self-comprises ＂I ＂, ＂me ＂, and enters into dialogue the mirror image constructs the self in three ways after the mirror stage： sending intention to me, sending intention to you, and sending intention to the other. These different methods of sell：construction reflect different functions of mirror-image signs.