With an analysis of Saussure's linguistic structuralism and Strauss'cultural structuralism and exploration of their great impact on linguistic and cultural theory respectively, the author of this paper can saf...With an analysis of Saussure's linguistic structuralism and Strauss'cultural structuralism and exploration of their great impact on linguistic and cultural theory respectively, the author of this paper can safely draw the conclusion that "Saussure's perspective was to provide an intellectual seed that was to flower in later decades as structuralism became a general approach to the study of culture". Saussure, together with Lévi- Strauss, opens a new era of structuralism.展开更多
Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the...Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the last ninety years. This paper aims to present and comment on some of his ideas in one of this masterworks—Course in General Linguistics. In the end, the author proposes some suggestions for further study.展开更多
Saussure and his linguistic theories have great influences for the study of linguistics and second language acquisition of the world over.Chinese linguistics more or less is influenced by Saussure's theories.This ...Saussure and his linguistic theories have great influences for the study of linguistics and second language acquisition of the world over.Chinese linguistics more or less is influenced by Saussure's theories.This paper is aiming to review all papers written by Chinese scholars on the records by CNKI(Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) from 1979 to September 28(2012),meanwhile,and trying to analysis on studies of topics and contents in different periods about Saussure and his theories in China.展开更多
Saussure and Chomsky are two important and influential figures in modern linguistics. Their achievements and contributions endow them great reputation. In order to understand their theories more profoundly and look fo...Saussure and Chomsky are two important and influential figures in modern linguistics. Their achievements and contributions endow them great reputation. In order to understand their theories more profoundly and look for some relationship between them, this papermakes a plain comparison between Saussure and Chomsky based on reviewing their linguistic theories and generalizes some similarities anddifferences between them.展开更多
Simply, shape bionics is to extract an image feature of natural objects, and most of the techniques for transforming and presenting are focused on metaphorical effects. In particular, the extraction process of metapho...Simply, shape bionics is to extract an image feature of natural objects, and most of the techniques for transforming and presenting are focused on metaphorical effects. In particular, the extraction process of metaphor design seems to be related to the concept of Saussure signs. Therefore, this research <span>took the doll design of the Tiantoushui community in Changhua County, Ta</span>iwan as an example and attempted to use the Saussure concept to extract and evaluate the signs of bio-inspired design. The results showed that a total of three doll works symbolized respectively rice, guava, and pomelo implied the signification of local region by integrating the Saussure code image with the sign-image of the regional nature and transforming its content into “com<span>modity design” and further transferring into “the product value of cultural an</span>d creative”. In addition, the specific extraction process included 1) Extraction of image—adjectives in creative products;2) Meaning space of image—adjec</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">tives in creative products;3) Extraction and determination of design elements of creative products, and 4) Combined the sensibility of creative products and <span>design elements to derive design rules. After preliminary exploration of the</span> <span>extraction steps above, a concrete and efficient bio-inspired design proces</span>s was proposed in this work. Besides, it was inferred that if further combined with the post-modern design style, it may not only simplify the design elements of creative products but also enhance the design connotations in the future.展开更多
In the current debates over Saussure＇s principle of arbitrariness, there have occurred some confusions and misunderstandings, especially in the equation of Saussure＇s notion of arbitrariness with the classical notio...In the current debates over Saussure＇s principle of arbitrariness, there have occurred some confusions and misunderstandings, especially in the equation of Saussure＇s notion of arbitrariness with the classical notion of arbitrariness. In this article, the uniqueness of Saussure＇s arbitrariness is illustrated in, relation to the classical arbitrariness.展开更多
Ferdinand de Saussure and Leonard Bloomfield are two significant linguists in the world.Saussure is the"father of modern lin guistics"and Bloomfield is the founder of structuralist linguistics.This paper aim...Ferdinand de Saussure and Leonard Bloomfield are two significant linguists in the world.Saussure is the"father of modern lin guistics"and Bloomfield is the founder of structuralist linguistics.This paper aims to compare and contrast their theories and find the similar ities and differences.展开更多
Ontology is a core theory in Western philosophy,the study of‘which is focus on language itself’in ontological philos ophy of language promotes the development of philosophy of language.This paper studies the influen...Ontology is a core theory in Western philosophy,the study of‘which is focus on language itself’in ontological philos ophy of language promotes the development of philosophy of language.This paper studies the influences of ontology on Saussuri an linguistics,which finds that langue as an abstract holistic system is the linguistic being created by Saussure based on his study of ontology.展开更多
The monumental Studies to Fathom Principles(Qiongli xue窮理學;1683)by Ferdinand Verbiest S.J.(Nan Huairen南懷仁,1623–1688)was never printed,and its exact content is not known.A section of the only extant,though incom...The monumental Studies to Fathom Principles(Qiongli xue窮理學;1683)by Ferdinand Verbiest S.J.(Nan Huairen南懷仁,1623–1688)was never printed,and its exact content is not known.A section of the only extant,though incomplete,manuscript deals with fluvial flood prevention and river control measures,a subject that until then had not cropped up in any Chinese-language work of the Jesuits.In this section,Verbiest not only described the already well-known Aristotelian theory of the origin of rivers,but also introduced to China new scientific propositions,concepts,and numerical examples originating from the seminal Renaissance work Della misura dell’acque correnti(Of the Mensuration of Running Waters;1628)by Benedetto Castelli(1578–1643).In addition,Verbiest presented to his readers some noteworthy examples of pertinent Western achievements such as the pound-lock with miter gate,and he provided them with a simple economic analysis of flood control options.The significance and possible influence of Verbiest’s text on further developments in Chinese approaches to water engineering are discussed,highlighting a hitherto largely disregarded facet of Western science and technology transfer in the field of river hydraulics and flood management.展开更多
Foreword Ferdinand de Saussure (b. 1857 Geneva–d. 1913 Vufflens-le-Chateau, Vaud) was an extraordinary, brilliant Swiss linguist. He is widely recognized to be the founder of modern linguistics (Lyons, 1968) and a fo...Foreword Ferdinand de Saussure (b. 1857 Geneva–d. 1913 Vufflens-le-Chateau, Vaud) was an extraordinary, brilliant Swiss linguist. He is widely recognized to be the founder of modern linguistics (Lyons, 1968) and a forerunner of structuralism influencing a variety of disciplines including philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology and literary studies (Harris, 2002). Furthermore, Saussure is considered to be a classic of semiotics (Krampen, 1979).展开更多
文摘With an analysis of Saussure's linguistic structuralism and Strauss'cultural structuralism and exploration of their great impact on linguistic and cultural theory respectively, the author of this paper can safely draw the conclusion that "Saussure's perspective was to provide an intellectual seed that was to flower in later decades as structuralism became a general approach to the study of culture". Saussure, together with Lévi- Strauss, opens a new era of structuralism.
文摘Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the last ninety years. This paper aims to present and comment on some of his ideas in one of this masterworks—Course in General Linguistics. In the end, the author proposes some suggestions for further study.
文摘Saussure and his linguistic theories have great influences for the study of linguistics and second language acquisition of the world over.Chinese linguistics more or less is influenced by Saussure's theories.This paper is aiming to review all papers written by Chinese scholars on the records by CNKI(Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) from 1979 to September 28(2012),meanwhile,and trying to analysis on studies of topics and contents in different periods about Saussure and his theories in China.
文摘Saussure and Chomsky are two important and influential figures in modern linguistics. Their achievements and contributions endow them great reputation. In order to understand their theories more profoundly and look for some relationship between them, this papermakes a plain comparison between Saussure and Chomsky based on reviewing their linguistic theories and generalizes some similarities anddifferences between them.
文摘Simply, shape bionics is to extract an image feature of natural objects, and most of the techniques for transforming and presenting are focused on metaphorical effects. In particular, the extraction process of metaphor design seems to be related to the concept of Saussure signs. Therefore, this research <span>took the doll design of the Tiantoushui community in Changhua County, Ta</span>iwan as an example and attempted to use the Saussure concept to extract and evaluate the signs of bio-inspired design. The results showed that a total of three doll works symbolized respectively rice, guava, and pomelo implied the signification of local region by integrating the Saussure code image with the sign-image of the regional nature and transforming its content into “com<span>modity design” and further transferring into “the product value of cultural an</span>d creative”. In addition, the specific extraction process included 1) Extraction of image—adjectives in creative products;2) Meaning space of image—adjec</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">tives in creative products;3) Extraction and determination of design elements of creative products, and 4) Combined the sensibility of creative products and <span>design elements to derive design rules. After preliminary exploration of the</span> <span>extraction steps above, a concrete and efficient bio-inspired design proces</span>s was proposed in this work. Besides, it was inferred that if further combined with the post-modern design style, it may not only simplify the design elements of creative products but also enhance the design connotations in the future.
文摘In the current debates over Saussure＇s principle of arbitrariness, there have occurred some confusions and misunderstandings, especially in the equation of Saussure＇s notion of arbitrariness with the classical notion of arbitrariness. In this article, the uniqueness of Saussure＇s arbitrariness is illustrated in, relation to the classical arbitrariness.
文摘Ferdinand de Saussure and Leonard Bloomfield are two significant linguists in the world.Saussure is the"father of modern lin guistics"and Bloomfield is the founder of structuralist linguistics.This paper aims to compare and contrast their theories and find the similar ities and differences.
文摘Ontology is a core theory in Western philosophy,the study of‘which is focus on language itself’in ontological philos ophy of language promotes the development of philosophy of language.This paper studies the influences of ontology on Saussuri an linguistics,which finds that langue as an abstract holistic system is the linguistic being created by Saussure based on his study of ontology.
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文摘The monumental Studies to Fathom Principles(Qiongli xue窮理學;1683)by Ferdinand Verbiest S.J.(Nan Huairen南懷仁,1623–1688)was never printed,and its exact content is not known.A section of the only extant,though incomplete,manuscript deals with fluvial flood prevention and river control measures,a subject that until then had not cropped up in any Chinese-language work of the Jesuits.In this section,Verbiest not only described the already well-known Aristotelian theory of the origin of rivers,but also introduced to China new scientific propositions,concepts,and numerical examples originating from the seminal Renaissance work Della misura dell’acque correnti(Of the Mensuration of Running Waters;1628)by Benedetto Castelli(1578–1643).In addition,Verbiest presented to his readers some noteworthy examples of pertinent Western achievements such as the pound-lock with miter gate,and he provided them with a simple economic analysis of flood control options.The significance and possible influence of Verbiest’s text on further developments in Chinese approaches to water engineering are discussed,highlighting a hitherto largely disregarded facet of Western science and technology transfer in the field of river hydraulics and flood management.
文摘Foreword Ferdinand de Saussure (b. 1857 Geneva–d. 1913 Vufflens-le-Chateau, Vaud) was an extraordinary, brilliant Swiss linguist. He is widely recognized to be the founder of modern linguistics (Lyons, 1968) and a forerunner of structuralism influencing a variety of disciplines including philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology and literary studies (Harris, 2002). Furthermore, Saussure is considered to be a classic of semiotics (Krampen, 1979).
