我们的拉格朗日表述——语言学理论融合方向的初步探索

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2024.05.001

摘要/Abstract

摘要：

纵观各学科发展历程,都会经历几个大的阶段:从初期基于现象观察的规律总结阶段到中期的多角度理论建构阶段,再到稍晚期的理论融合阶段,最终,经过进一步的抽象,学科内部会产生一些贯穿各种理论的参数。其中最为典型的是数学和物理学中常常被提及的拉格朗日表述。以这些参数为基础,各种理论最终走向融合。现代语言学历经百年发展,在梳理大量语言事实的基础上,建构了多个理论流派。但我们始终面对一个问题,即语言学理论融合的突破口在哪里,学科内部是否同样存在着拉格朗日表述这样的参数。本研究以形式语言学、功能语言学和认知语言学中的最新理论为切入点,尝试提出语言学研究中的通用参数,探索开展跨学派语言学理论整合的可能方向。

关键词: 语言学, 理论融合, 拉格朗日表述

Abstract:

The development of various disciplines generally goes through several stages. From the initial stage of summarizing laws on the basis of phenomenal observation, to the middle stage of constructing theories from multiple perspectives, to the later stage of theory integration. Eventually, after further abstraction, a number of parameters are generated within a discipline that cut across different schools of theory. The most typical of these are the often-mentioned Lagrangian formulation in mathematics and physics. Based on these parameters, various theories eventually move towards integration. Modern linguistics has developed over a hundred years and constructed several theoretical schools on the basis of sorting out a large number of linguistic facts. However, we are always faced with the question of where the breakthrough for the integration of linguistic theories lies, and whether such parameters as Lagrangian formulation also exists within the discipline of linguistics. Taking the latest theories in formal linguistics, functional linguistics and cognitive linguistics as entry points, this study tries to propose a set of general parameters in linguistic research, and explores the possible paths to integrate linguistic theories across various schools of thought.

Key words: linguistics, integration of theories, Lagrangian formulation

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杨延宁. 我们的拉格朗日表述——语言学理论融合方向的初步探索[J]. 当代外语研究, 2024, 24(5): 5-14.

YANG Yanning. Our Lagrangian Formulation: An Initial Exploration of Linguistic Theory Integration[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2024, 24(5): 5-14.

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