天道人性显于语言——《圣经》与《论语》语言观的对比

语言的一些基本观念,如语言功能、语言符号所指、语言来源、语言和人的思维关系及人的语言能力等涉及语言学共相的问题,在《论语》与《圣经》中表述各有不同。两者皆认识到语言交际的约束性、规范性和语言“言难尽意”、“言不尽意”的局限性,但共识中又有不同。对语言进行哲学思考,可使人们从本体论上加深对人的存在价值及意义的认识,从其不同的语言观认识不同的民族精神和不同的世界观。

Language Presents: The Way of Heaven and the Nature of Human--The Comparative Language Study between Bible and The Analects

Some language ideas,such as the functions of language,the signifier of language,the sourceof language,and the relationship between the way of thinking and the language,are understood differently in Bible and The Analects,which make the two classics are aware that there are language limitation,standard in communicational process and that language does not suffice to fully express meaning.The same awareness of these points are discussed in their different way in the two classics,which are within the field of linguistics and substantively reflect man's philosophical thinking,and make people understand not only the two different national spirits but also the two different world outlooks,and consequently,make people realize the value and the significance of people's being ontologically.